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Adam de Houghton, Bishop of St David's. de Houghton Adam King. Bishop of St David's...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/255/12713
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This record is about the Adam de Houghton, Bishop of St David's. de Houghton Adam King. Bishop of St David's... dating from [? 1382] 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 8/255/12713
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1382]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Adam de Houghton, Bishop of St David's.
- Name(s)
- de Houghton, Adam
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Bishop of St David's
- Nature of request
- The Bishop of St David's states that the chapel of Our Lady adjacent to the cathedral of St David's [has been granted] a college of eight chaplains by the Duke of Lancaster and the Bishop, who have given it certain parish churches for its sustenance. He asks the King to ratify and confirm these things.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] The King has granted this petition and delivered it to the Chancellor. [The manuscript breaks off at this point: there may be more.][None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- St David's, [Pembrokeshire, Wales].
- People mentioned
- John [of Gaunt], Duke of Lancaster
- Pope
- Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition, see SC 8/190/9465
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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)
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- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.427-428 (calendar of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1401, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.310 (later inspeximus and confirmation of letters patent of Richard II confirming grants to this church)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440320/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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