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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas le Constable, parson of the church of Our Lady of Guildford. Constable Thomas...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/14/664
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This record is about the Thomas le Constable, parson of the church of Our Lady of Guildford. Constable Thomas... dating from [1325-1326] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/14/664
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1325-1326]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas le Constable, parson of the church of Our Lady of Guildford.
- Name(s)
- Constable, Thomas
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- parson of the church of Our Lady of Guildford
- Nature of request
- Petition and transcript of letters patent:1) Constable states that Edward II granted him the chapel of St Katherine on Drakhull which had come into the king's hand by the finding of an inquest that Wauncy had built it without licence of the king. However Bernard de Brocas by lavish gifts to the chancellor and treasurer have changed the king's will on this. Constable requests that he be able to have the chapel for his maintenance.2) Letters patent of Edward II granting the chapel to Constable following their forfeiture by Wauncy for a breach of the statute of mortmain.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let a writ containing the effect of the petition be sent to the justices of King's Bench that when they have viewed the charter made of the soil etc. to the chaplain and summoned before them the parson who now holds the chapel and heard the arguments etc., they should do justice.
- Places mentioned
- Guildford, [Surrey]
- Drakehull (St Catherines Hill), [Surrey]
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Richard le Wauncy, parson of the church of St Nicholas of Guildford
- Bernard de Brocas, parson of the church of St Nicholas de Guildford
- Robert Baldock, chancellor
- Walter de Stapeldon, treasurer
- Edward II, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The original letters patent granting the chapel to Constable were dated 15 Nov. 1324, though no enrolled copy of this survives. For Brocas to have bribed Baldock and Stapeldon to change the grant, he would have had to have been acting between 15 Nov. 1324, the time of the making of the grant, and the removal of Stapeldon on 3 July 1325. The petition therefore would have to date to 1325-1326.
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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 1324
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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. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), pp.340-1 (licence for Brocas to retain the chapel in mortmain)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.378 (no.2) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060805/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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