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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Spridlington, Bishop of St Asaph. Spridlington William King. Bishop of St...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/267/13349
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/267/13349
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1379]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Spridlington, Bishop of St Asaph.
- Name(s)
- Spridlington, William
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Bishop of St Asaph
- Nature of request
- Spridlington requests that he is able to appropriate without fine the church of Llanrhaeadr for the sustenance of 10 chaplains and 6 vicars and choristers as the endowment for them is insufficient because of the late war in Wales and other causes.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:]Let it be done for a fine of 100s.[On dorse, none].
- Places mentioned
- St Asaph cathedral, [Flintshire, Wales]
- Llanrhaeadr, [Denbighshire, Wales].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1379 as a licence was granted to the bishop on 26 June 1379 (CPR 1377-81, p.368).
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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.450-1 (calendar of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.368 (grant of licence to the bishop)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517296/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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