Prior and convent of Tavistock. King and council. The prior and convent of Tavistock...

Petitioners

Prior and convent of Tavistock.

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

The prior and convent of Tavistock state that by commission of the king's father they had custody of the stannary of Devon and the River Dart, to hold for the term of seven years, of which term they have had one full year and from Michaelmas last, paying annually £113 6s. 8d. - which is twenty marks more than the farm used to give - and that they have had great expenses and losses from extreme weather in summer and winter, losing half their farm and more; and that that custody is now granted to Thomas de Shirugge by a new commission. They request grace and a remedy.

Nature of endorsement

They are to show their commission in Chancery, and a writ containing the tenor of this petition is to be sent to the king's justices, who, when they have called those who are to be called, and when they have seen the commissions and heard the arguments, are to do justice.

Places mentioned

Devon

Tavistock, [Devon]

River Dertemuthe (River Dart).

People mentioned

[Edward II], King of England

Thomas de Shirugge.

Another petition from the abbot and convent concerning the stannary is SC 8/16/784

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.291 (order not to intermeddle with the custody of the stannary, in response to this later petition)
• Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.23 (re-grant of stannary to petitioners, notwithstanding grant made in ignorance to Thomas de Shirugge)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.19a-b, no.17 (related later petition)