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Petitioners

Robert Orford, Bishop of Ely.

Name(s)

Orford, Robert

Addressees

King and council.

Occupation

Bishop of Ely

Nature of request

The Bishop of Ely states that he holds all his lands and tenements in Cambridgeshire and elsewhere in chief of the King by barony, so that his lands are not tallagable with the King's boroughs and ancient demesne, the Mayor and Bailiffs of Cambridge have assessed him for their tallage by reason of his mill in Cambridge, which belongs to his barony. He requests grace and a remedy.

Nature of endorsement

At the Exchequer; and justice is to be done. And a writ of Chancery is to be issued for this.

Places mentioned

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

People mentioned

Mayor and Bailiffs of Cambridge.

For a duplicate of this petition see SC 8/81/4035

For the subsequent mandate to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer see m 36 in E 368/75

For another mandate with minor differences see m 13d in E 159/78

• Memoranda de Parliamento, or Records of the Parliament holden at Westminster, 25 Edw I, Ed. F.W. Maitland, (Rolls Series, vol. XCVIII, 1893), pp.51-2 (no.84) (full edition of petition, Latin summary of petition on parliament roll, and related writ)
• The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 12, appendix, no. 85 (full edition and translation of duplicate petition)