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Thomas Merkes, Bishop of Carlisle. Merkes Thomas Chancellor. Bishop of Carlisle Thomas,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/303/15105
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This record is about the Thomas Merkes, Bishop of Carlisle. Merkes Thomas Chancellor. Bishop of Carlisle Thomas,... dating from [1397-1399] 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 8/303/15105
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1397-1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Merkes, Bishop of Carlisle.
- Name(s)
- Merkes, Thomas
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Occupation
- Bishop of Carlisle
- Nature of request
- Thomas, bishop of Carlisle, who is overseas in the King's service, requests that a writ be directed to the sheriff of Westmorland to cause certain persons to come before the King's council to answer for their actions and to receive justice, namely Gnayth, Thyrn, Boys, Thompson, Hothom, Ibbotson, Blackwell, Strickland, Richardson and Barber, who came with force and arms to Penrith and lay in wait for Richmond, assaulted him and drove him from Penrith to Greystoke and would have killed him had he not escaped, and Thomas, Alexander and William Damson, who shortly afterwards came with force and arms to St Mary's church in Carlisle and would have assaulted Richmond had he not escaped, and lay in wait for him for a week until they found him in Carlisle and beat and wounded him.
- Nature of endorsement
- The parties named within have a day at Shrewsbury on the quinzaine of St Hilary.[In a later hand] 21 Richard II [1397].
- Places mentioned
- Carlisle, [Cumberland]
- Botchergate, Carlisle, [Cumberland]
- Penrith, [Cumberland]
- Greystoke, [Cumberland]
- Westmorland
- Shrewsbury, [Shropshire].
- People mentioned
- John de Gnayth
- William de Thyrn
- Henry Boys
- William Thomson (Thompson)
- John Hothom
- John Ibbotson
- Richard de Blakwol (Blackwell)
- Richard de Strikland (Strickland)
- John Richardson of Botchergate
- Robert Barbour (Barber) the younger of Carlisle
- Thomas Richemond (Richmond), bishop's clerk and registrar
- Thomas Damson, chaplain
- Alexander Damson, servant
- William Damson
- sheriff of Westmorland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition dates to 1397-9 since this is when the petitioner was often overseas in the service of Richard II. Written on the guard in a later hand is the date 21 Richard II.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9528852/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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