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Oliver Sutton, Bishop of Lincoln. Sutton Oliver King and council. Bishop of Lincoln...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/322/E538
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/322/E538
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1298-1299]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Oliver Sutton, Bishop of Lincoln.
- Name(s)
- Sutton, Oliver
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Bishop of Lincoln
- Nature of request
- [Petition in two parts:]1) Sutton requests that the manor of Staughton be restored to him as should come to him by the wardship of the heir of Adam de Creeting, but he was ousted by the escheator and had restoration by the king's command, but is again ousted because the escheator because Creeting held a small piece of land in Maelor Saesneg in socage.2) Sutton requests that the writ that he sued against the prior of Rochester in King's Bench be adjudged good or that he be given another writ. He sued because the prior had raised a market at Haddenhamin Buckinghamshire to the nuisance of his market of Thame and the prior demanded judgment because Haddenham was in Buckinghamshire and Thame in Oxfordshire, and the writ was carried into Buckinghamshire and the judges allowed the exception.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:]1) It is accounted by the inquisition which the escheator made that Adam held that land in Maelor Saesneg by Knight service, and therefore nothing etc.2) He should sue his plea before the justices until judgment is rendered. And if some injury is done to him, he is to have the record brought, etc.[On dorse, none].
- Places mentioned
- Staughton, Huntingdonshire
- Maelor Saesneg, Flintshire, [Wales]
- Haddenham, Buckinghamshire
- Thame, Oxfordshire.
- People mentioned
- Adam de Cretyng (Creeting)
- Walter de Gloucester, escheator
- Prior of Rochester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1298-1299 because the petitioner was bishop of Lincoln from 1280-1299, and the escheator, Walter de Gloucester referred to in the first request, held that office from May 1298.
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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/C9529590/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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