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William Fayrok, parson of the church of Fretherne. Fayrok William King and lords...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/22/1084

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Reference
SC 8/22/1084
Date
[1402]
Description
Petitioners
William Fayrok, parson of the church of Fretherne.
Name(s)
Fayrok, William
Addressees
King and lords of parliament.
Occupation
parson of the church of Fretherne
Nature of request
William Fayrok, parson of the church of Fretherne, in the diocese of Worcester, states that James Clifford, who had purchased the manor of Fretherne, expelled him from the church and had him falsely indicted for felony and rape. Afterwards, despite letters patent from Richard II, and the support of the Bishop of Worcester and the Archbishop of York, he could not recover the church, but James' power and threats have kept him out of it since 10 Richard II; and James has taken the petty tithes, the lands and all the profits. William requests that he might be restored to his church and its profits.
Nature of endorsement
James Clifford, mentioned in the petition, is to be summoned before the council on a certain day to be arranged by the said council; and when the parties have been heard, justice is to be done to them on the matter contained in this petition.
Places mentioned
Frethorn (Fretherne), [Gloucestershire]
Diocese of Worcester.
People mentioned
James Clifford
Richard [II], King of England
[Henry Wakefield], Bishop of Worcester
Thomas Darundell (Arundel), Archbishop of York and Chancellor of England
Hugh Beseley
John Harsefelde
Richard Hopere (Hooper), chaplain
Note
A note on the guard says '1402, Probably attached to 1082-3', and the similarity of the response to that to SC 8/22/1082A suggests that they are contemporary.
Related material

For a duplicate of that petition, see SC 8/22/1083

For another complaint against James Clifford, see SC 8/22/1082A

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2269
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.514a (no.5) (full edition of original petition, or of later copy)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061250/

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