Robert Orford Bishop of Ely. Orford Robert King and council. Bishop of Ely The bishop...

Petitioners

Robert Orford Bishop of Ely.

Name(s)

Orford, Robert

Addressees

King and council.

Occupation

Bishop of Ely

Nature of request

The bishop states that whereas Gilbert Peche held of the him and his church of Ely 4 knights fees and ¾ of a fee and half a fee in Madingley, Rampton, Cottenham, Impington, Harston, Lolworth and Long Stanton in Cambridgeshire which are of the bishop's barony, Gilbert Peche granted them to the king so that the bishop has to defend the fees against the king for his services in war and in other services that are owed, with the consequence that neither the bishop nor his predecessors have been able to have anything from the fees since the making of the grant. The bishop requests remedy so that his church is not disinherited.

Nature of endorsement

The bishop should have suit in the presence of the treasurer, chancellor and the barons of the Exchequer, and if it be so then the treasurer and barons should meet with the bishop concerning this so that the church is saved from loss. And concerning this let there be a writ of Chancery. And first it should be enquired of by which services the manors are held, and from whom with all the circumstances.

Places mentioned

Maddiggele (Madingley), Cambridgeshire

Rampton, Cambridgeshire

Cottenham, Cambridgeshire

Impeton (Impington), Cambridgeshire

Harliston (Harston), Cambridgeshire

Lolworth, Cambridgeshire

Staunton (Long Stanton), Cambridgeshire.

People mentioned

Gilbert Peche.

For another petition by another bishop of Ely on the same matter, see SC 8/82/4097

For another petition by a bishop of Ely on the same matter, see SC 8/53/2611

For a related petition by one this petitioner's two immediate successors, see SC 8/110/5461

For another petition by one of this petitioner's successors, see SC 8/1/27

• Memoranda de Parliamento, or Records of the Parliament holden at Westminster, 25 Edw I, Ed. F.W. Maitland, (Rolls Series, vol. XCVIII, 1893), pp. 75-6 (no.125) (Latin summary and full edition of petition)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.163b (no.40) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)