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Attorney of John de Bretagne (Brittany), Earl of Richmond. King and council. Attorney...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/296/14762
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This record is about the Attorney of John de Bretagne (Brittany), Earl of Richmond. King and council. Attorney... dating from [c. 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 8/296/14762
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1316]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Attorney of John de Bretagne (Brittany), Earl of Richmond.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Attorney of John de Bretagne (Brittany), Earl of Richmond
- Nature of request
- The attorney of John de Bretagne, Earl of Richmond, states that at the Earl's instigation, the vicar-general of the archdeacon of Richmond has begun a process in court Christian against John de Forneaux, who claims to be parson of Ainderby Steeple, who holds that church without institution and title, and who is an unsuitable person to be vicar, and that John has acquired a prohibition and protection to delay this case. He requests the King's letters to proceed in this case, notwithstanding the aforesaid prohibition and protection, as the business is wholly spiritual and cognisance belongs to Holy Church.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Ayndreby (Ainderby Steeple), [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- Richmond archdeaconry.
- People mentioned
- John de Bretagne (Brittany), Earl of Richmond
- John de Forneaux (Furneaux, Furneus), parson of Ainderby Steeple.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Letters of protection, probably the ones mentioned here, were granted to Furneus on 26 April 1316 (CPR 1313-17, p.539).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For copies of several related documents, see SC 8/296/14763
For a petition by the earl, see SC 8/36/1760
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.539 (letters of protection to Furneus)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517962/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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