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Order NumberCCA-DCc/ChAnt/A/193B
TitleLetter
Date21 Oct 1304
DescriptionFrom: Robert Winchelsey, archbishop of Canterbury
To: the prior and chapter of Canterbury Cathedral Priory

Asking them to pray for the soul of John de Warenne, earl of Surrey. Edward I, by a letter dated 4 Oct 1304, at Thirsk [Yorkshire], recited, has requested prayers throughout the diocese and province.
Given at Wingham [Kent].

Endorsed with address, 'dd' and description in contemporary hands.
Extent1 doc
Physical DescriptionParchment, 1m, stitching holes at head and foot, slits for sealing closed, traces of applied seal, pasted to paper at right edge
LanguageLatin
AccessStatusOpen
Open
Related MaterialRegistered version of similar letter (transcription): R Graham (ed), Registrum Roberti Winchelsey, vol ii (Oxford, 1956), pp793-4
Edward I's letter (calendar entry): Calendar of Close Rolls 1302-1307, p220
Publication NoteTranscribed in J B Sheppard, Literae Cantuarienses, vol i (London, Rolls Series, 1887), pp29-30
Summarised in Historical Manuscripts Commission Fifth Report (London, 1876), Appendix, p447

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