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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich. Bateman William King. Bishop of Norwich Bateman...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/246/12272
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This record is about the William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich. Bateman William King. Bishop of Norwich Bateman... dating from [1350] 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 8/246/12272
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich.
- Name(s)
- Bateman, William
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Bishop of Norwich
- Nature of request
- Bateman requests that the king by his charter restore him to the liberty of leet and hustings of contracts, covenants and trespasses in Lynn with a confirmation of his predecessor's gift of the profits and amercements to the mayor and commonalty of Lynn for £40.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Bishop's Lynn (King's Lynn), [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- Mayor and commonalty of Lynn
- John de Ely (Salmon), Bishop of Norwich.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1350 as privy seal warrant was issued and the bishop was restored on 16 May 1350 (C 81/345/20991; CPR 1348-1350, pp.506-7, 551).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition by the same petitioner in part on the same matter, see SC 8/246/12274
For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was originally enclosed see no. 20991 in C 81/345
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VIII, 1348-1350, (Public Record Office, 1905), pp.506-7, 551 (restoration to the bishop, and grant that it should be held by the bishop and his successors for ever)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439878/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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