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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 the bishop to the king stating that he inducted Lynn...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/272/13597
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter of the bishop to the king stating that he inducted Lynn... dating from 1277 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 8/272/13597
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1277
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter of the bishop to the king stating that he inducted Lynn to his church of Methwold, but the prior and monks of Castle Acre have claimed that the church is appropriated to them when it is not and have intruded into the church by force and arms, and the bishop requests that they be removed.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Methwold, [Norfolk]
- Norwich diocese
- Castle Acre, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- Edward I, King of England
- [Roger Skerning], Bishop of Norwich
- Adam de Lenn (Lynn), clerk of the bishop
- Prior and monks of Castle Acre.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The letter is dated to 1277 in its dating clause.
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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/C9517544/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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