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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Men of the bishopric of Durham. King. The men of the bishopric of Durham request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/276/13752
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/276/13752
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Men of the bishopric of Durham.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The men of the bishopric of Durham request that their charter made by Anthony, Bishop of Durham, granting them various articles of their franchise be delivered to them. It was delivered to Greenfield and should then have been delivered to them but still remains in Chancery.
- Nature of endorsement
- The King wishes that the charter be delivered to them.
- Places mentioned
- Durham, [County Durham].
- People mentioned
- Anthony [Bek], Bishop of Durham
- William de Grenefeude (Greenfield), Chancellor.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1305 since it is included with the petitions for this year in the Roll of Parliament (Rot. Parl., vol. I, p. 167a).
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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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- Memoranda de Parliamento, or Records of the Parliament holden at Westminster, 25 Edw I, Ed. F.W. Maitland, (Rolls Series, vol. XCVIII, 1893), p.126 (no.202) (Latin summary of petition on Parliament Roll)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.167a (no.72) (Latin summary of petition on Parliament Roll)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 12, appendix, no. 212 (full edition and translation of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517699/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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