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? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward III from Henry, Bishop of Lincoln, stating...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/236/11775

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward III from Henry, Bishop of Lincoln, stating... dating from 1329 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/236/11775
Date
1329
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Letter to Edward III from Henry, Bishop of Lincoln, stating that Alan, called le Wafrer, accused of various crimes, had sought sanctuary in the church of St Aldate's, Oxford, but that he was violently removed from there and thrown into the Marshalsea prison. He asks the King to order that Alan be restored to St Aldate's.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Oxford, [Oxfordshire]
Marshalsea prison, [Southwark, Surrey]
Dorking, [Surrey].
People mentioned
Edward [III], King of England
Henry [Burghersh], Bishop of Lincoln
Alan le Wafrer.
Note
Letter dated 3 days before the Ides of April (30 March) 1329.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335334/

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