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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Letter to Richard II, or to his Chancellor and council, from...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/237/11827
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to Richard II, or to his Chancellor and council, from... dating from 1383 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/237/11827
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1383
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter to Richard II, or to his Chancellor and council, from the Archdeacon of London, subordinate and commissary general of Henry, Bishop of Norwich, currently on crusade against the Antipope, stating that Bishop Henry appointed John Kirton of Sandhurst and John Chew of Wokingham, chaplains, as his penitentiaries and collectors of money for the crusade in the cities and dioceses of Winchester and Chichester, and the archdeaconries of Berkshire and Wiltshire in the diocese of Salisbury, and that he has renewed this appointment. He asks the King to send his letters to the appropriate people to aid them in their work.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Sandhurst, [Berkshire]
- Wokingham, [Berkshire]
- Winchester diocese
- Salisbury diocese
- Winchester, [Hampshire]
- Chichester, [Sussex]
- Chichester diocese
- Berkshire archdeaconry
- Wiltshire archdeaconry
- London.
- People mentioned
- Richard [II], King of England
- [Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk], Chancellor of England
- [Thomas Baketon], Archdeacon of London, subordinate and commissary general of Henry, Bishop of Norwich
- Henry [Despenser], Bishop of Norwich
- Robert, alias Clement, Antipope
- John Kirton of Sandhurst, chaplain
- John Chew of Wokingham, chaplain.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Latin
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335387/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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