| Entry Type: | Formula |
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| Section Type: | Diverse letters |
| Summary: | Precedent for formalities before the coronation of a new king and queen, including roles of magnates to act as supporters to the new king (details given). |
| Subjects: | Queens, Coronations, Kings |
| Note: | Undated, presumably a copy, perhaps made in 1377, around the time of the coronation of King Richard II. |
| Dates: |
Document date: 1377/00/00 (certain)
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| Entry Type: | Order of Service |
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| Section Type: | Diverse letters |
| Summary: | Order of service for the coronation of a king. |
| Subjects: | Coronations |
| Note: | Undated, presumably a copy, perhaps made in 1377, around the time of the coronation of King Richard II. |
| Dates: |
Document date: 1377/00/00 (certain)
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| People and Groups: |
[Richard II] (king)
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| Entry Type: | Writ |
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| Section Type: | Diverse letters |
| Summary: | Royal writ of Richard II ordering the archbishop of York to attend his coronation on 16 July 1377 at Westminster. |
| Subjects: | Coronations |
| Dates: |
Document date: 1377/06/26 (certain)
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| People and Groups: |
Addressee: Neville, Master, Alexander, c 1332-1392, Archbishop of York (archbishop)
Sender: Richard II, c 1367-1400, King of England (king) |
| Places: |
Place of dating: Kennington, Lambeth, Surrey, England (none given)
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| Entry Type: | Letter/s |
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| Section Type: | Diverse letters |
| Summary: | Letter of Richard II excusing the archbishop from attending his coronation as he intended to stay in his diocese to resist attacks by the Scots. |
| Language: | French |
| Subjects: | Coronations |
| Dates: |
Document date: 1377/07/04 (certain)
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| People and Groups: |
Addressee: Neville, Master, Alexander, c 1332-1392, Archbishop of York (archbishop)
Sender: Richard II, c 1367-1400, King of England (king) |
| Places: |
Place of dating: Kennington, Lambeth, Surrey, England (king's manor)
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| Entry Type: | Memorandum, Papal Bull |
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| Section Type: | Diverse letters |
| Summary: | Papal bull from Pope Benedict XII to the archbishop and clergy of York Province, informing them of the death of Pope John XXII and the coronation of Benedict as pope, with a note of execution of the bull by informing the bishop of Durham, bishop of Carlisle, the official of the court of York and all clergy of the city and diocese of York, of its contents. |
| Subjects: | Coronations, Popes |
| References: | Hill, Rosalind M. T. (ed.). 1988. The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340. III. Canterbury and York Society 76, 138. |
| People and Groups: |
Issuer: Pope, Benedict XII, c 1280-1342, Pope (pope)
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| Places: |
Place of dating: Cawood, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (archbishop's castle)
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