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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Davy, vicar of Eastdean; Robert Smyth (Smith), parson of Ongar. Davy; Smyth...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/306/15279
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This record is about the John Davy, vicar of Eastdean; Robert Smyth (Smith), parson of Ongar. Davy; Smyth... dating from [1389] 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 8/306/15279
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1389]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Davy, vicar of Eastdean; Robert Smyth (Smith), parson of Ongar.
- Name(s)
- Davy; Smyth (Smith), John; Robert
- Addressees
- Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor.
- Occupation
- vicar of Eastdean; parson of Ongar
- Nature of request
- Davy, vicar of Eastdean in Chichester diocese, and Smith, parson of Chipping Ongar in London diocese, request that whereas they intend to exchange benefices, that Davy be granted a presentment to the church of Ongar, pertaining to the chancellor because of the minority of the Earl of Stafford, and that Smith be granted a presentment to the vicarage of Eastdean, pertaining to the chancellor because the temporalities of the alien priory of Wilmington are in the King's hands because of his war with France.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Eastdean, [Sussex]
- Chichester, [Sussex]
- Ongar ad Castrum (Chipping Ongar), [Essex]
- London
- Wilmington, [Sussex]
- France.
- People mentioned
- [William de Wykeham], Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor
- [Edmund Stafford], Earl of Stafford
- Prior of Wilmington.
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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. IV, 1388-1392, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.26 (presentation of Davy to church of Ongar)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518333/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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