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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard de Beausevall, Prior of Ogbourne St George. de Beausevall Richard King and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/11/537
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/11/537
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1331-1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard de Beausevall, Prior of Ogbourne St George.
- Name(s)
- de Beausevall, Richard
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Prior of Ogbourne St George
- Nature of request
- Beausevall requests that the king order that his chancellor send a writ under the great seal to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that they summon the justices to them and others of their council to examine the process and allegation (made in an earlier petition by Beausevall) concerning the obligation made under duress by William de Pont Eveque to Hugh le Despenser the younger, which sum is now being demanded by the treasurer and barons because of the forfeiture of Despenser. They request that they be discharged of the sum, and in the meantime the treasurer and barons cease their demand.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is ordered to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that they call all those justices and others as is demanded by the petition and hear the arguments of the abbot. And if they find that Pont Eveque be removable at the will of the abbot, and of such estate and condition that he could not charge the house of Bec or the church then they are to discharge the abbot and brothers and surcease from levying anything . . . pending the business there . . .
- Places mentioned
- Ogbourne St George, [Wiltshire].
- People mentioned
- William de Pount Evesque (Pont Eveque)
- Hugh le Despenser the younger
- Abbot of Bec-Hellouin.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition can be dated to no earlier than 1331 when Beausevall was appointed by the abbot of Bec-Hellouin as his proctor-general in England, and seems unlikely to be later than 1334 (CPR 1330-4, p.184).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/11/538
For a letter by the same petitioner, see SC 8/346/E1394
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 325
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.184 (appointment of Beausevall as proctor-general in England by the abbot)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1321-1324, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.52 (appointment of Pont Eveque as attorney of the abbot)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.76 (no.17) (another petition by petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060664/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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