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Executors of Ralph Walpole, Bishop of Ely. King. The executors request that they...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/314/E109

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SC 8/314/E109
Date
[1302]
Description
Petitioners
Executors of Ralph Walpole, Bishop of Ely.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The executors request that they are able to take the issues and profits from the pastures, fisheries and mills of the diocese from the time of the bishop so that they can perform the testament of the late bishop as they are disturbed by the keepers during the vacancy.1)
Nature of endorsement
To the Exchequer etc. And let it be done according to what they consider ought to be done etc.2) To the Exchequer.3) S [Exchequer].
Places mentioned
Ely diocese.
People mentioned
Ralph [Walpole], Bishop of Ely.
Note
The petition is dated to 1302 as the petition belongs to an original file of petitions returned to the Exchequer from the summer parliament of 1302. For a confirmation of this dating, see SC 8/314/E107.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 1302, summer parliament, appendix, petitions belonging to this parliament and not otherwise recorded, no.2 (summary of this file)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529160/

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