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? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward III from Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/237/11833

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward III from Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury,... dating from 1327 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/237/11833
Date
1327
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Letter to Edward III from Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury, complaining that certain lay people are occupying the church of Hayes with force and arms, to the prejudice of the rector, Peter de Wymburn. He asks the King to have this lay force removed.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Heese (Hayes), [Middlesex]
Croydon deanery
Maidstone, [Kent].
People mentioned
Edward [III], King of England
Walter [Reynolds], Archbishop of Canterbury
Peter de Wymburn, rector of Hayes.
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/C9335393/

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