Elizabeth, Abbess of Syon, and the convent of Syon Elizabeth King Abbess of Syon...

Petitioners

Elizabeth, Abbess of Syon, and the convent of Syon

Name(s)

Elizabeth

Addressees

King

Occupation

Abbess of Syon

Nature of request

The abbess and convent of Syon ask the king, by authority of parliament, to grant them his letters patent under his great seal, confirming letters patent made to them in the first year of his reign, confirming their charters and making them several grants, and an act of parliament of the ninth year of Henry V, detaching the manor of Isleworth and its appurtenances from the Duchy of Cornwall and granting it to the convent of Syon.

Nature of endorsement

The commons have assented to this bill and to the schedule attached to it (on face).It is to be done as is desired (on dorse).

Places mentioned

Isleworth, Middlesex

Routwere [unidentified], [Middlesex]

River Thames

Kingston upon Thames, Surrey

Hammewere (Ham weir), [Surrey]

Petrisham (Petersham), Surrey

Hamme (Ham), [Surrey]

Worton, [Middlesex]

Grauncortes (Grand Courts), Essex

Twickenham, Middlesex

Heston, Middlesex

Hinton (Cherry Hinton), Cambridgeshire

Uphall, Cambridgeshire

Great Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire

Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire

St Michael's Mount, Cornwall

Otterton, Devon

Martock, Somerset

Lancaster, [Lancashire]

Sées, [Normandy, France]

Lancashire

Sussex

Lincolnshire

Loders, Dorset

Montebourg, [Normandy, France]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Slaughter, Gloucestershire

Cheltenham hundred, Gloucestershire

Slaughter hundred, Gloucestershire

Salmonsbury hundred, Gloucestershire

Steyning, Sussex

Brede, Sussex

Warminghurst, Sussex

Fécamp, [Normandy, France]

London

Chilham, Kent

Molash, Kent

Trewlegh (Throwley), Kent

St Bertin abbey, [Normandy, France]

Sanctus Audomarus (St Omer), [Normandy, France]

Felsted, Essex

Cadomum (Caen), [Normandy, France]

Tyleshide (Tilshead), Wiltshire

Spalding, Lincolnshire

Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire

Cosham (Corsham), Wiltshire

Angers, [Anjou, France]

Tours [Anjou, France]

Michelhampton (Minchinhampton), Gloucestershire

Hyneford (Hendford), Somerset

Yevele (Yeovil), Somerset

Hastings, Sussex

Brede, Sussex

Yham (Higham), Sussex

Playden, Sussex

Gates (Eastergate), Sussex

Fishbourne, Sussex

Navenby, Lincolnshire

Boothby Graffoe, Lincolnshire

Croston, Lancashire

Eccleston, Lancashire

Heysham, Lancashire

Curry Mallet, Somerset

Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset

Milton, Somerset

Faucomberge, Somerset

Stratton Upsfosse (Stratton on the Fosse), Somerset

Inglescombe, Somerset

Midsomer Norton with Welton, Somerset

Widcombe, Somerset

Farrington, Somerset

Laverton, Somerset

West Harptree, Somerset

Shepton Mallet, Somerset

Ryme, Dorset

Maidencourt, Berkshire

Magor, [Monmouthshire, Wales]

Welsh March

Selling, Kent

People mentioned

Cecily [Plantagenet, Duchess of York], mother of king

Richard [Plantagenet], Duke of York, father of king

Edmund Fauconer (Falconer)

Alice [Fauconer (Falconer)]

Edward III, King of England

Henry Fitz Hugh, Lord [Fitz Hugh] of Ravensworth

Alice [de la Pole], Duchess of Suffolk

Henry V, King of England

Edward [of Woodstock], Earl of Chester and Duke of Cornwall

Philippa [of Hainault], Queen of England

John Typtoft (Tiptoft), knight

Martin V, pope

Urban VI, pope

Baldassare [Cossa], [Cardinal] Bishop of Tusculum and formerly anti-pope John [XXIII]

Henry VI, King of England

A schedule containing a proviso is SC 8/29/1419A

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw IV, vol. I, 1461-1468, (Public Record Office, 1949), p.132 (quitclaim by the Provost and scholars of the College of St Mary and St Nicholas (King's College), Cambridge, to the abbess and convent of Syon of the possessions in St Michael's Mount, Tilshead, Felsted, Spalding and Corsham mentioned in this petition)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.551b-555b (transcription of original petition and associated proviso on parliament roll: text unmodified)