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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Fontenai, clerk. de Fontenai John King. clerk [This petition is damaged.]John...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/240/11987
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This record is about the John de Fontenai, clerk. de Fontenai John King. clerk [This petition is damaged.]John... dating from [1321] 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 8/240/11987
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1321]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Fontenai, clerk.
- Name(s)
- de Fontenai, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged.]John de Fontenai states that the Pope has given to a Cardinal the church of . . . which is in the King's patronage, to the prejudice of the crown. He asks that the Chancellor, to preserve the King's right, might send writs to the Abbot of Bourne and to the Prior of . . ., that no execution might be made of this, and also a letter to the Bishop of Lincoln that nothing should be done for this.
- Nature of endorsement
- The King wishes to write to the lord Pope and to Raymond, Cardinal deacon of St Mary in Cosmedin that the church . . . is in the King's patronage.
- Places mentioned
- Bourne, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- [John XXII], Pope
- the Abbot of Bourne
- [Henry Burghersh], Bishop of Lincoln
- Raymond, Cardinal deacon of St Mary in Cosmedin.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Formerly enclosed with CCW 1244-1326 p.520, which is dated 12 May 1321.
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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)
- French
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.520 (mandate to make writs for the preservation of the petitioner's estate)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335551/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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