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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 to Edward III from Ralph, Bishop of London, informing...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/298/14867
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward III from Ralph, Bishop of London, informing... dating from 1342 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 8/298/14867
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1342
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter to Edward III from Ralph, Bishop of London, informing him that he has lifted the sentence of excommunication on Lettice, widow of Robert Bylk of Havering atte Bower, and asking that she might be released from prison.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Havering atte Bower, [Essex]
- Newgate prison, [London]
- Stepney, [Middlesex].
- People mentioned
- Edward [III], King of England
- Ralph [Stratford], Bishop of London
- Lettice [Bylk (Bilk)], widow of Robert Bylk (Bilk) of Havering atte Bower
- Robert Bylk (Bilk) of Havering atte Bower
- John Redyngg (Radyngg) of Havering atte Bower.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Letter dated 17 November 1342.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For instructions to the Chancellor to provide a remedy for two petitions from Richard atte Wode and Lettice Bylk, see no.15253 of C 81/288
For a related petition, see SC 8/298/14865
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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/C9518070/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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