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? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward III from Stephen, Bishop of London, complaining...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/237/11849
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward III from Stephen, Bishop of London, complaining... dating from 1337 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 8/237/11849
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1337
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter to Edward III from Stephen, Bishop of London, complaining that although John de Catton had sought sanctuary in the church of All Hallows the Great in London, he has been removed from there by force and thrown into the prison of the Sheriff of London. He asks the King to order that John be released from prison and returned to the church from which he was taken.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- All Hallows the Great, London
- Much Hadham, [Hertfordshire].
- People mentioned
- Edward [III], King of England
- Stephen [Gravesend], Bishop of London
- John de Catton.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another letter from the same bishop on this matter, see SC 8/236/11759
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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/C9335409/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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