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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Bishop of Chichester. King and council. Bishop of Chichester The bishop requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/324/E620
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This record is about the Bishop of Chichester. King and council. Bishop of Chichester The bishop requests... dating from [c. 1303] 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 8/324/E620
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1303]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Bishop of Chichester.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Bishop of Chichester
- Nature of request
- The bishop requests that the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer make to come at the quindene of the feast of St John the record and process of all the business concerning the bishops complaint concerning the prebends of the chapel of Hastings with the evidence and that remedy be made for the long delay. The bishop has complained for a long time concerning the failure to present those that fill the vacancies in the prebends of the chapel of Hastings
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Hastings, [Sussex]
- Lincoln, [Lincolnshire]
- York.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1303 as the petition refers to parliaments at Lincoln and York, these clearly being the Lincoln parliament of 1301, and one of the York parliaments of 1303, and the hand appears to be of a petition of late Edward I.
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.529 (order to John de Wichio to be before the king he having the best knowledge of the bishop's complaint)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682610/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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