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Prelates assembled in Parliament. King The petitioners request:1) The prelates request...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/40/1986

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Reference
SC 8/40/1986
Date
[c. 1315]
Description
Petitioners
Prelates assembled in Parliament.
Addressees
King
Nature of request
The petitioners request:1) The prelates request that the bishops of the province of Canterbury who do not have their temporalities that pertain to their diocese should have them and be able to come to parliament.2) That the vacancy of benefices be tried by prelates and judges of the Church who are able to know the truth on this matter, and not by laymen.3) That when clerks indicted of felony who are handed over to the keeping of the Church escape from that custody, that they are penalised to the sum of £100 against their liberties. They request that they are not penalised.4) For the live prisoners and the dead, to bury them in burial places of the Church.5) They request a suitable response to the articles which are many times given in parliament concerning the franchises and free customs of the Church.
Nature of endorsement
[Entered on the face below each entry]1) They should sue and the king will do what his council considers ought to be done.2) The law of the land is certain on such points.3) The king is still not advised to change the uses nor the law used in his land in such cases.4) Coram rege.5) Coram rege.[On dorse]Coram rege.
Places mentioned
Province of Canterbury.
Note
The petition can be dated to c. 1315 as the petition clearly relates to SC 8/40/1985, and it is unlikely that there is a significant difference in date.
Related material

For the articles referred to in part 5 see SC 8/40/1985

For transcript, see no.6 of PRO 31/7/100

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3196
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062190/

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