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John Bush, Prebend of Stillington and Sacrist of the chapel of Our Lady and the Angels,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/37/1821

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Reference
SC 8/37/1821
Date
[c. 1316]
Description
Petitioners
John Bush, Prebend of Stillington and Sacrist of the chapel of Our Lady and the Angels, York
Name(s)
Bush, John
Addressees
King and council
Occupation
Prebend of Stillington & Sacrist of the chapel of Our Lady and the Angels, York
Nature of request
Bush states that Gayetan his predecessor refused to contribute to the tenth placed on the clergy by the pope for which the prebend and sacristry are still charged. Gayetan has refused to come into court to show why he should not pay it, and has made to remove his goods from the realm. Bush requests that since Gayetan still has sufficient goods in England that they be sequestered until he comes to show why he should not be held to pay.
Nature of endorsement
It is ordered to the archbishop of York by a writ of Chancery that he should sequester from the goods of Francis to the value of £18 3s. 4d. saving it to be kept for the arrears of the tithes contained in this petition, and certifying the chancellor without delay.
Places mentioned
Styvelyngton (Stillington), [North Riding of Yorkshire]
York
People mentioned
Francis Gayetan, son of Pierre Gayetan
Pierre Gayetan, Prebend of Stillington and Sacrist of the chapel of Our Lady and the Angels, York
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1316 by reference to related petitions.
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/190/9499

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/95/4731

For a related document see SC 8/190/9500

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1296
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062023/

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