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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Hotham, Bishop of Ely. Hotham John King. Bishop of Ely Hotham requests that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/247/12343
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This record is about the John Hotham, Bishop of Ely. Hotham John King. Bishop of Ely Hotham requests that... dating from [1330] 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 8/247/12343
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Hotham, Bishop of Ely.
- Name(s)
- Hotham, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Bishop of Ely
- Nature of request
- Hotham requests that he is granted a licence to approve waste in the vill of Wisbech or elsewhere wherever he wishes to the profit of his church, and of the king during vacancy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Wisbech, [Cambridgeshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1330 as a licence was granted to the bishop on 17 August 1330 (CPR 1327-30, p.549).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 31505 in C 81/451
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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. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.549 (grant of a licence)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439949/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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