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Mayor and barons of Rye. Chancellor. The mayor and barons of [Rye] request an exchange...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/306/15265

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Reference
SC 8/306/15265
Date
1403
Description
Petitioners
Mayor and barons of Rye.
Addressees
Chancellor.
Nature of request
The mayor and barons of [Rye] request an exchange of benefices between the keeper of St Bartholomew hospital and Scovyll. Dated 20 April in the fourth year [1403].
Places mentioned
Rye, [Sussex]
Layham, [Suffolk].
People mentioned
[Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Lincoln], Chancellor
[John Bedford], keeper of St Bartholomew hospital of Rye
Joseph Scovyll, parson of Layham.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.218 (Grant to Scovill, parson of Layham, of St Bartholomew hospital of Rye, at the nomination of the mayor and bailiffs of Rye, on an exchange of benefices with John Bedford)
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