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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
SC 8/272/13597
Date
1277
Description
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.
Note
The letter is dated to 1277 in its dating clause.
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/C9517544/

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