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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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Executors of William de Middleton, late Bishop of Norwich. King and council. The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/323/E580
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This record is about the Executors of William de Middleton, late Bishop of Norwich. King and council. The... dating from [c. 1288] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/323/E580
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1288]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Executors of William de Middleton, late Bishop of Norwich.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The executors request that the king will make restoration of their loss and remedy of the damage done by Bacon and Rous who came to the late bishop's manor of Terling and chased his beasts, taking part into Cambridgeshire and killing and eating them, and the other part keeping in their possession against law and right.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram thesauriato et baronibus de Scaccaria.
- Places mentioned
- Witham, Essex
- Hatfield Peverel honour, [Essex]
- Terling, [Essex]
- Cambridgeshire.
- People mentioned
- William de Middleton, Bishop of Norwich
- Roger Bacon, bailiff of Witham
- William le Rus (Rous), bailiff of Hatfield Peverel.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1288 as Bishop William Middleton died in September 1288. It seems unlikely that the petition can be too long after that if it is dealing with livestock of the late bishop.
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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/C9529632/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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