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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Rigges, parson of Holy Trinity, Dorchester. Rigges John Chancellor. parson of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/302/15069
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This record is about the John Rigges, parson of Holy Trinity, Dorchester. Rigges John Chancellor. parson of... dating from [1397] 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 8/302/15069
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1397]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Rigges, parson of Holy Trinity, Dorchester.
- Name(s)
- Rigges, John
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Occupation
- parson of Holy Trinity, Dorchester
- Nature of request
- Rigges requests that he can have the tithes that pertain to his church from the parish of Fordington and that Thomelyn be commanded to deliver the tithes that he has. He also requests that Richard Postell be commanded that he not intermeddle with the tithes any further and allow Rigges peaceful possession, and that he answer Rigges's suit as he has taken the tithes by force and pursued suits in court Christian against Rigges despite two separate inquisitions finding for the petitioner.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Dorchester, [Dorset]
- Fordington, [Dorset]
- Salisbury, [Wiltshire]
- Winterbourne, [Dorset].
- People mentioned
- Richard Postell, prebendary in the cathedral church of Salisbury
- William Daly, clerk
- Richard Wellesden
- Thomas Postell
- Walter Clopton
- William Hankeford
- Bishop of Salisbury
- John Thomelyn, parson of Winterbourne.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1397 as a commission was issued to examine the matter on 10 July 1387 (CPR 1396-9, pp.240-1).
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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, Ric II, vol. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1909), pp.240-1 (commission to examine the matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518273/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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