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President, diffinitors and abbots of the Cistercian order. Chancellor. The president,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/332/15772

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Reference
SC 8/332/15772
Date
[1396]
Description
Petitioners
President, diffinitors and abbots of the Cistercian order.
Addressees
Chancellor.
Nature of request
The president, diffinitors and abbots of the Cistercian order, having lately assembled at their general chapter in London, request the King's letters patent restoring Holland, abbot of Dore, to his abbacy, since they and the Pope have declared that he was wrongly ousted by Biggleswade.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
London
Dore (Abbey Dore), [Herefordshire].
People mentioned
[Thomas Arundel, archbishop of York], chancellor
John Holand (Holland), abbot of Dore
Jordan de Bykeleswade (Biggleswade), monk of St Mary Graces, London
[Boniface IX], Pope.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.30 (protection for Holland as abbot of Dore)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736363/

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