Abbot and convent of Jedburgh. King and council. The abbot and convent of Jedburgh,...

Petitioners

Abbot and convent of Jedburgh.

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

The abbot and convent of Jedburgh, in the diocese of Glasgow, show that they hold and have always held the church of Arthuret in the diocese of Carlisle for their own uses, and that they have and have always had the advowson of the church of Abbotsley, in the diocese of Lincoln, but that because of the war they were expelled by Edward II, who made his own presentations to these churches. Now that peace has been restored, they request that the king restore the church of Arthuret and the advowson of the church of Abbotsley to them, and to remove the clerks instituted there to their disinheritance, and to write to the bishops of the places and to other ministers of the king on this.

Nature of endorsement

Certain people are to be appointed to inquire, in the presence of the current parsons of the churches, to be summoned to attend if they wish, if the abbey of Jedburgh held the church of Arthuret before the war for its own use or not, and from what time etc., and if they were seised of the advowson of Abbotsley before the war or not, and from what time etc., and if the king presented to these churches because of the war or for some other reason, and if for some other reason then for what reason, and how; and when the inquisition has been returned, justice is to be done.

Places mentioned

Jeddeworth (Jedburgh), [Roxburghshire, Scotland]

Arthuret, [Cumberland]

Abboteley (Abbotsley), [Huntingdonshire]

Glasgow, [Lanarkshire, Scotland]

Carlisle, [Cumberland]

Lincoln, [Lincolnshire]

[Scotland].

People mentioned

[Edward II], King of England, father of the present king

For a related petition from exiled canons of Jedburgh, see SC 8/173/8644

For a later related petition concerning Abbotsley, see SC 8/118/5879

For a similar petition from the Abbot of Arbroath see SC 8/16/757

• Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1035 (inquisition into Jedburgh Abbey's possession of church of Arthuret)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.496 (restoration to abbey of Jedburgh of church of Arthuret)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.398a (no.112) (full edition of original petition)