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John Berewyk (Berwick), vicar of Battersea. Berewyk (Berwick) John Bishop of Exeter,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/304/15184

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This record is about the John Berewyk (Berwick), vicar of Battersea. Berewyk (Berwick) John Bishop of Exeter,... dating from [1398] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/304/15184
Date
[1398]
Description
Petitioners
John Berewyk (Berwick), vicar of Battersea.
Name(s)
Berewyk (Berwick), John
Addressees
Bishop of Exeter, Chancellor.
Occupation
vicar of Battersea
Nature of request
Berewyk requests ratification and confirmation of his estate and possession in the vicarage of Battersea in the diocese of Winchester.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Battersea, [Surrey]
Winchester diocese.
People mentioned
[Edmund Stafford], Bishop of Exeter, Chancellor.
Note
The petition dates to 1398 when Berwick received ratification of his estate as vicar of Battersea (CPR 1396-9, p. 387).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Early Chancery Proceedings, Bundle 3, 21.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.387 (ratification of estate of Berwick as vicar of Battersea)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9528931/

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