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? No Petitioner named Letter to Henry III from Richard, Bishop of Lincoln, complaining...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/237/11811

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to Henry III from Richard, Bishop of Lincoln, complaining... dating from 1270 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/237/11811
Date
1270
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Letter to Henry III from Richard, Bishop of Lincoln, complaining that certain lay people have occupied the church of Brinkley with force and arms, to the prejudice of ecclesiastical liberty. He asks the King to write to have this lay force removed.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Brinkel (Brinkhill), [Lincolnshire]
Eton, [Buckinghamshire].
People mentioned
Henry [III], King of England
Richard [Gravesend], Bishop of Lincoln.
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/C9335371/

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