Prior of Worksop King and council Prior of Worksop The prior of Worksop states that...

Petitioners

Prior of Worksop

Addressees

King and council

Occupation

Prior of Worksop

Nature of request

The prior of Worksop states that his predecessor had a windmill in the vill of Gringley, with the suit of the men of the same vill, of the gift and feoffment of Maud de Lovetot, lady of the vill, and one of his predecessors was disseised of this by Constance de Bierne, John de Vescy and others. He brought an assize of novel disseisin in the time of the late king, by which it was found that he had been disseised, but judgement was not given because the matter touched the king. The prior has presented a petition in parliament for Geoffrey le Scrop and his companions to examine the record and process and to do justice, which was done, as can be seen by the record sewn to this bill, but they would not proceed to judgement on the verdict of the assize. The prior was told to rebuild his mill on his own ground if he wished, and to take action at common law if he wished. He has rebuilt the mill, but the suit was of bondsmen of the vill and manor of Gringley, as can be seen from the charter sewn to this petition, and this is now in the king's hand as of right, and he cannot take action at law against the king. Therefore he asks to be put in possession of his suit as his predecessor was seised as of right of his church.

Nature of endorsement

Faithful people are to be appointed in chancery to enquire, in the presence of the constable or his lieutenant, if Maud Lovetot gave the mill with the suit, as is claimed etc., and to which prior, and if the same prior and his successors were seised of the suit of the men of the vill by this gift, and from what lands this suit is owed and for what time, and of the suit of what men, and how many measures of flour they used to mill, and from what time the suit has been withdrawn, and in the time of which prior, and for what reason, and if that mill is now built in the place where it was before the withdrawal of that suit, or in the same fee, or not, and if suit used to be to the same mill or not, and if so then how and in what way, and if there is some underlying reason why the same men ought not now to mill at the prior's mill, then for what reason, and how etc. and how much it is worth per annum etc., and into other necessary articles etc. And the inquisition is to be returned in chancery and justice done there.

Places mentioned

Worksop, [Nottinghamshire]

Gringley on the Hill, [Nottinghamshire]

People mentioned

Prior of Worksop, predecessor of present prior

Maud de Lovetot

Constance de Bierne

John de Vescy

Geoffrey le Scrop (Scrope), justice

For another petition on the same subject see SC 8/158/7873

For a copy of the grant of the mill, which was probably enclosed with this petition, see SC 8/8/399B

For a later petition on same matter see SC 8/8/400

For a writ and inquisition mentioned by this petition and probably enclosed with it, see SC 8/8/399A

For an earlier related petition see SC 8/150/7477

For a related petition see SC 8/79/3903

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.197 (order to the keeper of the manors of Wheteley and Grengeley, to have the mill replaced where it was before it was moved, and to cause the prior to have the suit of the men of Gryngeley pertaining to the mill, and let them grind their corn there as previously)
• Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), p.284: various documents relating to the case up to January 1331
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.440, no.42 (edition of a later copy of an earlier related petition)