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Canons of the church of St John of Beverley. King [perhaps more - petition damaged]....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/20/995

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This record is about the Canons of the church of St John of Beverley. King [perhaps more - petition damaged].... dating from [c. 1388] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/20/995
Date
[c. 1388]
Description
Petitioners
Canons of the church of St John of Beverley.
Addressees
King [perhaps more - petition damaged].
Nature of request
The canons of the church of St John of Beverley state that, when a dispute arose between the Archbishop of York and the canons, the king ordered both parties to appear before him, and ordered the archbishop to cease all action until the matter was decided; but that the archbishop continues to proceed against them, to the prejudice of their church. They request that they, and their vicars and ministers, might be able to approach the church freely, and stay there and do their duty, and enjoy their benefices, as they did before the dispute arose; and also that the king might appoint certain knights and other servants to stay there at the canons' expense, to keep the peace and to make sure that his ordinance is duly carried out; and also that the canons, and their vicars and ministers are not harmed by the archbishop by reason of their non-appearance before him on this occasion.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
[Alexander Neville], Archbishop of York.
Note
CPR 1385-9 p.465 is dated at Westminster, 8 March 1388, and is a response to SC 8/20/992. This petition would seem to be from a rather earlier stage in the proceedings, and was possibly the petition that led to the appointment of Robert Rous and Richard Hembrigge, as mentioned in SC 8/20/992.
Related material

For a related petition from certain vicars and others of Beverley is SC 8/20/992

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 386
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.465 (appointment of certain people to see that the petitioners are restored to their benefices)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.182b-183b (no.25) (full edition of related petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061151/

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