October 15, Sleaford

Mandate date: uncertain Edward III · Papal Registers

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Dated in source: “October 15” · Place: Sleaford (Lincolnshire)

Mandate to the bishop elect of Norwich, papal legate, on the information of king Henry, to ascertain the truth of the facts, and then warn and induce those servants and subjects of the king who molest him by reviving the claim of compensation which was settled once and for all by king John, to desist from their presumption, lest they fall under ecclesiastical censure. Concurrent letters in Normandy to the abbot of Fecamp and his fellow judges against the bishop of Avranches and certain others.

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