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Prior of Bridlington. King and council. Prior of Bridlington The prior of Bridlington...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/8/368

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This record is about the Prior of Bridlington. King and council. Prior of Bridlington The prior of Bridlington... dating from [c. 1314-1325] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/8/368
Date
[c. 1314-1325]
Description
Petitioners
Prior of Bridlington.
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Prior of Bridlington
Nature of request
The prior of Bridlington states that although he and his predecessors have always been lords of the manor of Blubberhouses, with its appurtenances, and that approvement of waste there belongs to him by right, William le Vaux, formerly constable of Knaresborough castle, by power of his bailiwick had five hundred acres of the prior's land within the manor enclosed by a ditch, as for the king's benefit, and assarted them, and made arable land, and built houses, in disinheritance of the prior's church. All of this is still in the king's hand, and he requests law and justice.
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.It seems to the council, if it pleases the king, that the king should institute an enquiry into the contents of this petition, and further do justice.
Places mentioned
Bridlington, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
Blubberhouses, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
Knaresborough, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
William le Vaus (Vaux), formerly constable of Knaresborough castle.
Note
CPR 1307-1313, p. 493 gives a grant of 13 September 1312 to William de Vallibus of custody of the castle and honour of Knaresburgh, which he holds of the king's commission, to hold until the king provides him with land to the value of 100 marks a year to hold for his life. CPR 1313-1317, p. 99 shows that he is still in the post on 1 April 1314. CCR 1318-1323, p.225 shows that he is dead by March 1320.
Related material

For a related petition by the same petitioner or his successor on the same matter, see SC 8/8/369

For another petition on the same matter by one of the prior's successors, see SC 8/8/370

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 347
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.423b, no.26 (full edition of a later copy of a related petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060492/

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