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? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward I from Roger, Bishop of Norwich, complaining...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/237/11836

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward I from Roger, Bishop of Norwich, complaining... dating from 1274 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/237/11836
Date
1274
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Letter to Edward I from Roger, Bishop of Norwich, complaining that certain lay people are occupying the church of Horstead with force and arms, preventing the rector from enjoying the peaceful possession of his church and refusing to submit to the discipline of ecclesiastical justice. He asks the King to do his part in this matter.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Horstead, [Norfolk]
Hoxne, [Suffolk].
People mentioned
Edward [I], King of England
Roger [Skerning], Bishop of Norwich.
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/C9335396/

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