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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Gainsborough, Bishop of Worcester. Gainsborough William [King]. Bishop of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/320/E429
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/320/E429
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1303-1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Gainsborough, Bishop of Worcester.
- Name(s)
- Gainsborough, William
- Addressees
- [King].
- Occupation
- Bishop of Worcester
- Nature of request
- [The petition is clearly cut from a longer series of petitions from the same petitioner].The bishop requests remedy as the sheriff of Worcester has impeded his ministers concerning the goods of Bolemere late rector of the church of Tanworth who died intestate.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:]He should have a writ to the sheriff of Warwick that he should amove the king's hand, and the bishop will certify the barons in the quindene of Trinity of the value.[On dorse:]Let the returned writ be considered.
- Places mentioned
- Tanworth, [Warwickshire].
- People mentioned
- Sheriff of Worcestershire
- Ralph de Bolemere, rector of Tanworth
- Sheriff of Warwickshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition appears to be from William Gainsborough who was bishop of Worcester from February 1303 to September 1307. The petition must therefore date to these years. From the contents of the petition it should perhaps date to earlier in this period.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another part of this petition, see SC 8/320/E430
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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)
- Latin
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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/C9529481/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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