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Not specified Bishop of Exeter, Chancellor of England. The petition requests a writ...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/299/14948

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This record is about the Not specified Bishop of Exeter, Chancellor of England. The petition requests a writ... dating from [1396-1399] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/299/14948
Date
[1396-1399]
Description
Petitioners
Not specified
Addressees
Bishop of Exeter, Chancellor of England.
Nature of request
The petition requests a writ on the advice of the council to the Dean and chapter of Wells cathedral, to appear before the council at Westminster, in person or through their attorneys, at the quindene of Easter next, on pain of £100, concerning certain matters that will be explained to them then.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Wells, [Somerset]
Westminster.
People mentioned
[Edmund Stafford], Bishop of Exeter, Chancellor of England
Dean and Chapter of Wells cathedral.
Note
Datable with reference to Edmund Stafford, Bishop of Exeter who was Chancellor of England between 15 November 1396 and July-August 1399. Probably datable to 1399, as other petitions formerly in Chancery Files 459, such as SC 8/299/14943, SC 8/299/14944, SC 8/299/14946 and SC 8/299/14947, are.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Chancery Files 459.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518151/

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