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Benet (Benedict), Bishop of Cardica. Benet (Benedict) King. Bishop of Cardica The...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/245/12230

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Reference
SC 8/245/12230
Date
[? 1341]
Description
Petitioners
Benet (Benedict), Bishop of Cardica.
Name(s)
Benet (Benedict)
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Bishop of Cardica
Nature of request
The bishop requests that he be granted 100 sacks of wool to export without custom to pay his debts for the troubles that he has suffered and the goods he has lost in the king's service in Flanders.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Cardie (Cardica, Gardikion, Gardhiki), [Greece].
People mentioned
[William de Montague], Earl of Salisbury
Bishop of Lincoln.
Related material

For the illegible privy seal warrant in which this petition was apparently formerly enclosed, see no.14447 in C 81/280

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/C9439836/

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