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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
Bishop of Chester. [Lost]. Bishop of Chester [The petition is badly damaged with...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/342/16139
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This record is about the Bishop of Chester. [Lost]. Bishop of Chester [The petition is badly damaged with... dating from [c. 1290-c. 1315] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/342/16139
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1290-c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Bishop of Chester.
- Addressees
- [Lost].
- Occupation
- Bishop of Chester
- Nature of request
- [The petition is badly damaged with almost the entire left-hand side being illegible].The bishop states that he has put in sentence [...] that he made to lose the High Cannock that is in the [...] the wood of Brewood ought to be in the forest of Cannock [...] the regarders out by sentence.
- Nature of endorsement
- [There are several responses but all bar one are incomplete and illegible].[Coram] rege.
- Places mentioned
- Canok forest (Cannock Chase), [Staffordshire]
- Brewood, [Staffordshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1290-c. 1315 on the basis of the hand.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Miscellaneous Roll 22/5/9 (transferred 7/10/1924).
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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/C9736620/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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