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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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Walter Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter. Stapledon Walter King and council. Bishop of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/327/E817
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This record is about the Walter Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter. Stapledon Walter King and council. Bishop of... dating from [c. 1308] 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 8/327/E817
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1308]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter.
- Name(s)
- Stapledon, Walter
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Bishop of Exeter
- Nature of request
- Stapledon requests remedy as Thomas, the petitioner's predecessor, paid a moiety of his spiritualities and temporalities to the late king in his 23 years and was also assessed for the tenth in the same year, and now the tenth is demanded, and he requests that he, the executors of the late bishop, and other religious in the same position be treated as the laity and pay only one.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- People mentioned
- Thomas [Bitton], Bishop of Exeter.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1308 as it seems from the contents of the petition that this petition was shortly after Stapledon became 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/C9682812/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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