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Ralph of Shrewsbury, Bishop of Bath and Wells. Shrewsbury Ralph King. Bishop of Bath...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/243/12103

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This record is about the Ralph of Shrewsbury, Bishop of Bath and Wells. Shrewsbury Ralph King. Bishop of Bath... dating from [1332] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/243/12103
Date
[1332]
Description
Petitioners
Ralph of Shrewsbury, Bishop of Bath and Wells.
Name(s)
Shrewsbury, Ralph
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Bishop of Bath and Wells
Nature of request
[Petition in 3 parts:]1) The bishop that the king will clarify and enlarge upon his charter so that he have all fines and amercements of the seneschalcy and Marshalcy and clerks of assay made before the king or other ministers. The king's ancestors granted to the bishop's predecessors that they should have all fines and amercements for trespass and licence from all his lands and his fees of the abbot and monks of Glastonbury and others, and of the king and his ministers.2) The bishop requests that the king will clarify and enlarge upon his charter granting that he and his men be quit of all tolls throughout England extending it to all his lieges of Wells and of the bishop's other boroughs and all free and neif tenants of the dean and chapter of Wells and the prior and convent of Bath.3) The bishop requests that the dean and chapter of Wells and the prior and monks of Bath and their tenants be quit of quayage and pikage as their charter grants that they be quit of pavage and murage throughout England. The bishop requests confirmation of all his other charters.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Glastonbury, [Somerset]
Wells, [Somerset]
Bath, [Somerset].
People mentioned
Abbot and monks of Glastonbury
Dean and chapter of Wells
Prior and monks of Bath
Note
The petition dates to 1332 as the privy seal warrant in response to the petition dates to 28 January 1332 [6 Edw. III] (C 81/188/5207).
Related material

For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no. 5207 in C 81/188

For a variant of this petition, see SC 8/247/12340

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439706/

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