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? No Petitioner named [This letter is partly illegible] Letter to Henry III from...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/236/11781

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named [This letter is partly illegible] Letter to Henry III from... dating from 1261 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/236/11781
Date
1261
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
[This letter is partly illegible] Letter to Henry III from William de Sutwelle, deputy of Richard, Bishop of Lincoln, about John de Fornes, vicar of the church of . . ., in prison at Aylesbury, whom he vouches for as an honest man, asking that justice might be done.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Aylesbury, [Buckinghamshire]
London.
People mentioned
Henry [III], King of England
William de Sutwelle (Southwell), deputy of Richard [Gravesend], Bishop of Lincoln
Richard [Gravesend], Bishop of Lincoln
John de Fornes, vicar of the church of . . ..
Note
Letter dated 15 days before the Kalends of June (18 May) 1261.
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/C9335340/

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