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ECR 49 141

Reference code

ECR 49 141

Title

Chattisham, Suffolk: Petition

Level

Item

Date

1602 - 1625

Extent & medium

2 folios

Content description

Humble petition of the townsmen of Chattisham to the right worshipful master doctor Savile Provst of Eton and the Fellows, requesting that whereas by reason of the non-residence of their late minister, one Mr Harman, who is placed in the parsonage of Bucclesham, worth £50 per annum, they, the College tenants, have not had any service for seven weeks together, the College should bestow the preferment of the benefice upon Mr Kettle, the bearer hereof, who "is verie honest learned quyet and religious and both of good reporte and reputacion".
Signed by John Revere, Edmunde Thompson, Richard Damsell (mark), Marten Garad, Roger Cricke (mark), Robart Barker, George Cannon (mark) and Richard Smythe (mark).
James I.
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