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Richard de Clifford, clerk. de Clifford Richard King. Caddington Major prebend, [Hertfordshire]...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/341/16059

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This record is about the Richard de Clifford, clerk. de Clifford Richard King. Caddington Major prebend, [Hertfordshire]... dating from [1386] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/341/16059
Date
[1386]
Description
Petitioners
Richard de Clifford, clerk.
Name(s)
de Clifford, Richard
Addressees
King.
Places mentioned
Caddington Major prebend, [Hertfordshire]
London
London diocese.
Nature of request
[This petition is badly faded] Richard de Clifford requests the prebend of Caddington Major in the cathedral church of St Paul in London, which is in the king's gift because the temporalities of the diocese of London were lately in the king's [hand].
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Note
CPR 1385-9 p.98 is dated 1 February 1386, and is clearly in response to this petition (although another Richard Clifford was appointed to the prebend in 1397 (Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541, St Paul's London, p.23), there was no vacancy in the diocese of London between 1382 and 1404).
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. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.98 (grant of this prebend to the petitioner)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736540/

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