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Abbot and convent of Westminster. Knights, citizens, burgesses and commons of the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/18/896

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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Westminster. Knights, citizens, burgesses and commons of the... dating from [1378] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/18/896
Date
[1378]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and convent of Westminster.
Addressees
Knights, citizens, burgesses and commons of the counties.
Nature of request
The Abbot and convent of Westminster protest that their right of sanctuary, which they have enjoyed since the time of Edward the Confessor, has been violated recently, when certain people entered the church by force, killed Robert Haulee, a fugitive, and a sergeant of the church, and removed John Shakel by force, molesting the monks and obstructing divine service. They request that the knights, citizens, burgesses and commons aid and counsel the lords to ordain a suitable remedy and due compensation for this.
Nature of endorsement
[On face].Be it remembered that this bill was delivered to the Clerk of Parliament on behalf of the king to be filed etc., which bill was previously delivered to the king and his council on behalf of the commons in the said parliament, to advise them on it etc.[On dorse, none].
Places mentioned
Westminster.
People mentioned
Robert Haulee (Hawley)
John Shakel (Shakell)
Edgar, King of England
Edward [the Confessor], King of England.
Note
Nigel Saul discusses this affair in Richard II (New Haven, 1997), pp.36-38. According to him, Hawley's death took place in August 1378, so it would seem likely that this petition was presented to the next parliament, that held at Gloucester, on the Wednesday following the feast of St Luke, 1378.CCR 1377-81 p.167 is dated at Westminster, 7 December 1378: it seems likely that the defilement referred to would be this murder.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8369
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1914), p.167 (order to the abbot of Westminster to proceed to the reconciliation of his church, defiled for certain causes)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.50b (no.3) (full edition of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061049/

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