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William Gainsborough, Bishop of Worcester. Gainsborough William King. Worcester diocese...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/320/E431

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Reference
SC 8/320/E431
Date
[1303-1307]
Description
Petitioners
William Gainsborough, Bishop of Worcester.
Name(s)
Gainsborough, William
Addressees
King.
Places mentioned
Worcester diocese
Elington, [Berkshire]
London diocese
York.
Nature of request
[The petition is clearly cut from a longer series of petitions from the same petitioner. Petition in three parts]. 1) The bishop requests relief for him and his diocese of the tenth for the time that the king took all the issues of the diocese. 2) He requests that neither he nor his tenants should be distrained any further for the subsidy granted from knights' fees for the marriage of the king's eldest daughter as it was granted before his time and has been levied in other places. 3) He requests that he is able to be certified if any of his predecessors were bound in anything to the king and how much.
Nature of endorsement
[On face:]1) He should wait until the return of the others of the council of the king at York. 2) He should wait as above. 3) Let the rolls be examined, and let it be certified etc., and let it be ordered to the executors of the deceased bishop, namely Berton, Dyvyses, Rodebergh and Stanway, a writ is to be made to the executors returnable at the quindene of St John the Baptist so that the executors should be at the Exchequer at York at the same day etc. to do what is contained in the writ etc.
Note
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.
Related material

For another part of this petition, see SC 8/320/E429

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529483/

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