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Tenants of Liskeard. King and council. The tenants request remedy as the bishop of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/2/79

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Reference
SC 8/2/79
Date
[1315]
Description
Petitioners
Tenants of Liskeard.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The tenants request remedy as the bishop of Exeter has excommunicated them and placed their church under an interdict, condemning them, so that they cannot charge or discharge, nor prove the composition, nor put in judgement without the king and council concerning the tithes of the mills of Liskeard. Richard, earl of Cornwall let to them at farm the vill of Liskeard with its mills under an annual rent of £18 18d., and half a mark to the vicar of Liskeard for the tithes of the mills. The tenants were not to pay more against their warrant, so that earl Richard granted 8s. from the rent to the prior of Launceston, parson of the vill of Liskeard, and an agreement was made at the prior and vicar's request establishing the tithes forever. From the time of the agreement the tenants have paid the half mark to the vicars, and the provost of the king for his manor of Liskeard has paid the 8s. rent to the prior/parson until John Launseles, vicar of Liskeard, contrary to the composition made by previous vicars with earl Richard demanded the tithes in corn, though he should only have had the half mark, and the prior as parson 8s. by the composition, to the disinheritance of the king, and in a burden on the ville.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Lysqerede (Liskeard), [Cornwall].
People mentioned
Richard de Cornwall, Earl of Cornwall
Prior of Launceston
John Launceles, vicar of Liskeard
Bishop of Exeter.
Note
The petition is dated to 1315 by reference to the title in Rot. Parl., vol I, p.313b (no. 100), noting the petition to be for the parliament held at Westminster in the octave of Hillary, 8 Edw. II.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 9239
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060192/

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