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? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward III from William, Archbishop of York, complaining...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/236/11776

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

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Reference
SC 8/236/11776
Date
1329
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Letter to Edward III from William, Archbishop of York, complaining that certain lay people have occupied the church of Leake, preventing him from exercising his spiritual office there. He asks the King to have this lay force removed.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Leake, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
York diocese
Bishopthorpe, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Edward [III], King of England
William [de Melton], Archbishop of York.
Note
Letter dated 13 days before the Kalends of May (19 April) 1329.
Related material

For a similar letter from the same Archbishop about this and other churches, see SC 8/236/11770

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/C9335335/

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