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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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SC 8/269/13440
Date
1316
Description
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.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517387/

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