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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Swaffham, Bishop of Bangor. Swaffham John King and council. Bishop of Bangor...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/341/16064
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This record is about the John Swaffham, Bishop of Bangor. Swaffham John King and council. Bishop of Bangor... dating from [? c. 1380] 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 8/341/16064
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1380]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Swaffham, Bishop of Bangor.
- Name(s)
- Swaffham, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Bishop of Bangor
- Nature of request
- The Bishop of Bangor states that he holds certain lands of the king as part of his temporalities, doing the services for them, and that the king and all his progenitors since the conquest of Wales have always had the wardship and profits [of these lands in times of vacancy]. But lately, in the king's third year, he was summoned to an eyre at Denbigh by the justices of the Countess of . . . to do homage and other services to her for these lands. He claimed his franchises, but these franchises were seized into the hands of the countess. He petitioned the last parliament for a remedy, and it was agreed that orders were to be given to the countess, on pain of everything she could forfeit, to tell her ministers to cease from this process and molestation, between then and the quindene of Trinity last and to appear before the king and council then to do and receive what would be adjudged in this matter. Three writs were sent to her, but she refused to appear, and continued her distraints, imprisonments, ransoms and other molestations against the bishop's tenants, so that they are now abandoning the lordship. He has spent a large amount of money on this suit, and can sue no further, and requests a remedy that will uphold the right of the king and of Holy Church.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Bangor diocese, Wales
- Denbigh, [Denbighshire, Wales].
- People mentioned
- James Lyouns.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated with reference to the mention of the eyre in the king's third year [3 Richard II: 22 June 1379-21 June 1380].
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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/C9736545/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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