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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Hothum (Hotham), Bishop of Ely. Hothum (Hotham) John King and council. Bishop...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/294/14671
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This record is about the John Hothum (Hotham), Bishop of Ely. Hothum (Hotham) John King and council. Bishop... dating from [? 1320-? c. 1325] 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 8/294/14671
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1320-? c. 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Hothum (Hotham), Bishop of Ely.
- Name(s)
- Hothum (Hotham), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Bishop of Ely
- Nature of request
- John, Bishop of Ely states that William de Rede held certain tenements of him in the vill of Papworth in Cambridgeshire, and died, leaving an heir under age, and, before he could take possession of the wardship of the lands, the Bishop of Exeter, the Treasurer of England, procured an inquest which claimed that William held lands of the crown: which he did not, except for the manor of Silton in Dorset, of the honour of the Eagle, and the manor of Cainhoe in Bedfordshire, of the honour of Bedford, which were both escheated to the king, not to the crown. The Bishop requests restitution of the wardship, with the issues in the meantime.
- Nature of endorsement
- The inquest is to be examined in Chancery, and justice is to be done there in this matter: and if it is necessary, there is to be another inquest.
- Places mentioned
- Papworth, Cambridgeshire
- Selton (Silton), Dorset
- Eagle honour
- Cainhoe, Bedfordshire
- Bedford honour.
- People mentioned
- William de Rede
- [Walter Stapeldon], Bishop of Exeter, Treasurer of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Walter Stapeldon, Bishop of Exeter, was Treasurer of England between February 1320 and August 1321, and between May 1322 and July 1325. The petition probably dates from one of these periods, although it might date from after Stapeldon's death in 1326.
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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/C9735834/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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