Prior and convent of Durham. King and council The prior and convent request remedy...

Petitioners

Prior and convent of Durham.

Addressees

King and council

Nature of request

The prior and convent request remedy in that since the death of Henry de Percy, who died seised of the manor of Swinhoe, they have not received 5 quarters of wheat which they were accustomed to have from that manor, because it has been taken into the king's hands, and the wheat has been withheld. Eustace de Vescy granted the 5 quarters to Our Lady, St Cuthbert and the monks of Lindisfarne by his charter, which was subsequently confirmed by his son and grandson. [Copies of the original grant and confirmations are noted as being attached to the petition].1)

Nature of endorsement

Because the charter of which mention is made in the petition was viewed before the council, the escheator of the king beyond the Trent by oaths etc should enquire whether the prior was seised of the wheat until the death of Henry de Percy, just as was asserted by the petition or not; and if it is so then by whose gift, and by whose hand they received it, and where and at which terms, and at what time, and how much, and in what manner, and of other articles concerning the premises. And the king is to be certified by the petition so that right can be done.2) Coram cancellario et thesauriato.

Places mentioned

Swinhoe, [Northumberland]

Farneland (Lindisfarne), [Northumberland].

People mentioned

Eustace de Vescy, late lord of Swinhoe

William de Vescy, son and heir of Eustace de Vescy

John de Vescy, son and heir of William de Vescy

Henry de Percy.

For partial transcripts of charters formerly enclosed with this petition, see SC 8/3/108

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1318, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.366 (writ ordering the constable of Alnwick Castle to deliver the wheat)
• Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp. 211-12 (no. 156) (full edition)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.340b (no. 11) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)