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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Piers de Vaus of Bayonne, clerk. de Vaus Piers King. Vaus requests that the king...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/328/E871
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/328/E871
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1292-1297]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Piers de Vaus of Bayonne, clerk.
- Name(s)
- de Vaus, Piers
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Vaus requests that the king will write to the pope, and to his friends in the court of Rome, cardinals and others that they be favourable in his business for advancement. He was leased the office of chancery of Bayone with his master, Cornere, and for his service his master gave him a church in Dorchester. The church is insufficient to sustain him and he has not had advancement by the bishop and chapter of Bayonne or Bishop Nicholas.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king does not wish to write at present.
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France]
- Bayonne, [Gascony, France]
- Perpignan, [Languedoc, France]
- Dorchester, [Dorset]
- King's Langley, [Hertfordshire].
- People mentioned
- [Robert Burnell], Bishop of Bath, Chancellor
- William de la Cornere, judge sovereign
- Bishop and Chapter of Bayonne
- Nicholas [Longspee], Bishop of Salisbury
- Otho de Granisun (Grandison).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1292-1297 as the petition refers to Nicholas Longespee as bishop of Salisbury, and he held that office between those years.
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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/C9682866/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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