Robert, Abbot of Thornton; Convent of Thornton. Robert King and council Abbot of...

Petitioners

Robert, Abbot of Thornton; Convent of Thornton.

Name(s)

Robert

Addressees

King and council

Occupation

Abbot of Thornton

Nature of request

The Abbot and Convent of Thornton state that Thomas, formerly Abbot of Thornton recovered various tenements in Carlton against Gervase Avenel and Joan his wife, before William de Bereford and his companions, justices of the Common Bench, in the tenth year of the reign of the king's father, and that he was later disseised of them by John Walwayn, escheator south of the Trent, because Hugh le Despenser had told him that Gervase and Joan were adherents of the Scots; they remained in Hugh's hands until he was forfeited, and then were taken into the king's hand. In the parliament of the first year of the king's reign, William de Gresseby, the abbot's immediate predecessor, sued for restitution of these tenements; as a result, Henry de Fenton, John Daubenay and John de Crosholm the younger were ordered to hold an inquisition. This found, among other things, that Gervase and Joan were in the king's faith on the day when the writ of right was brought against them, and on the day when judgment was brought on the same writ. And now the same lands and tenements, under the name of the manor of Carlton, have been seized into the king's hand again because Walter de Kelby, the escheator, claims to have found by inquisition that Gervase and Joan were adherents of the Scots. They request restitution of the tenements.

Nature of endorsement

This petition is to be delivered into Chancery, and the abbot is to be heard there and the escheator called and what he wishes to say for the king heard. And the judgment of parliament of which the petition makes mention is to be heard, and the process made on it, as is alleged by the petition, if it is found that what the petition claims is true, then the king's hand is to be removed, if the manor is in the king's hand for the aforesaid reason, saving always to the king his right, if he has any for another reason.

Places mentioned

Carleton (Carlton le Moorland), [Lincolnshire].

People mentioned

Thomas, formerly Abbot of Thornton

Gervase Avenel

Joan [Avenel], wife of Gervase Avenel

William de Bereford, justice

Edward [II], King of England

William de Nicoll (Lincoln), formerly Abbot of Thornton

Roger de Lovetoft

Walter, formerly Abbot of Thornton

Master John Walwayn (Walewayn), formerly escheator south of the Trent

Hugh le Despenser [the younger]

William de Gresseby, formerly Abbot of Thornton

Henry de Fenton

John Daubenay (Daubeny)

John de Crosholm (Cross Holme), the younger

William Trussebut

Walter de Kelby, escheator [of Lincolnshire]

For related letters patent of Edward III see SC 8/18/868F

For the resulting instructions to the escheator, see SC 8/18/869B

For the earlier petition mentioned by this petition see SC 8/18/868E

For a related writ from Edward II to the sheriff of Lincolnshire see SC 8/18/868C

For a letter relating to this petition from Edward II to William de Bereford see SC 8/18/868B

For a further related petition see SC 8/175/8743

For a transcript of related legal proceedings see SC 8/18/868D

For a letter resulting from that inquisition see SC 8/18/868H

For a letter relating to this petition from Edward II to Henry le Scrope, see SC 8/18/868A

For a writ resulting from this petition see SC 8/18/868J

For the inquisition held as a result of these letters patent see SC 8/18/868G