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Simon Montacute, Bishop of Ely. Montacute Simon Chancellor. Bishop of Ely The Bishop...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/298/14878

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SC 8/298/14878
Date
[1339]
Description
Petitioners
Simon Montacute, Bishop of Ely.
Name(s)
Montacute, Simon
Addressees
Chancellor.
Occupation
Bishop of Ely
Nature of request
The Bishop of Ely makes two requests:1) He states that he is charged with guarding the Isle of Ely for the King, and that he has also lately had a commission to array all the men at arms in Cambridgeshire; and he requests a writ to John Bardolf and his companions, arrayers of men at arms in Norfolk and Suffolk, to discharge them from making their array in those parts.2) He states that William le Moigne and his companions, collectors of wools in Huntingdonshire, are demanding from his people in the soke of Somersham 86 stone of wool beyond what they have already paid. He requests a writ to the collectors to give them an allowance for what other collectors have received, according to the form of the grant made at Northampton.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Isle of Ely, [Cambridgeshire]
Cambridgeshire
Norfolk
Suffolk
Somersham soke, Huntingdonshire
Northampton, [Northamptonshire].
People mentioned
John Bardolf, arrayer of men at arms in Norfolk and Suffolk
William le Moigne, collector of wools in Huntingdonshire
Richard de Glatton, clerk of the Exchequer.
Note
CCR 1339-41 p.102 is dated 15 March 1339, and would seem to be in response to this petition.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. V, 1339-1341, (Public Record Office, 1901), p.102 (order to John Bardolf and his companions to supersede the demand made on the Bishop of Ely for men at arms while he is arraying men at arms in Cambridgeshire and guarding the Isle of Ely)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518081/

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