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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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? No Petitioner named Letter of Bishop Langton to Edward II requesting that lay power...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/269/13440
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter of Bishop Langton to Edward II requesting that lay power... dating from 1316 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 8/269/13440
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1316
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter of Bishop Langton to Edward II requesting that lay power be removed from the church of Penn in his diocese.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Penn, [Staffordshire]
- Ashby David (Castle Ashby), [Northamptonshire].
- People mentioned
- Walter [Langton], Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
- Edward II, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The letter is dated in its dating clause to 7 January 1315 and therefore dates to 1316.
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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)
- Latin
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517387/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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