FG/4/11
Reference code
FG/4/11
Level of description
Item
Title
Letters Patent: Edward III, 16th Jan 1332
Date
16 Jan 1332
Quantity & Format
1 sheet
Description
Letter Patent of King Edward granting, at the request of Robert, Bishop of Sarum, the Dean and Chapter, the canons, vicars, and others, that they may hold their houses in the Close free, ie they would not have to have anyone billeted on them by the king's domestic officers unless the king himself is staying the Close. And no earl, baron or other magnate is to lodge in the said houses against the will of the Bishop etc. Witness the king at Shirburn [Sherborne], 16 Jan in the fifth year of his reign [ie 1332]. Endorsed in a fourteenth century hand. Marked 'duplicata' on reverse.
Language
Latin
Physical Characteristics
Material: parchment
Keywords
Edward III
Wyville, Robert
Sherborne
Wyville, Robert
Sherborne