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Petitioners

Richard de Bury, Bishop of Durham.

Name(s)

de Bury, Richard

Addressees

King and council

Occupation

Bishop of Durham

Nature of request

The bishop shows that by reason of his royal liberty he had the right to forfeitures of war. Bishop Bek seized the manor of Hart forfeited by Bruce but Edward I by his royal power ejected the bishop and granted the manor to Clifford. It was granted in parliament that Bishop Beaumont should have forfeitures of war, but those holding lands by royal grant should not be ousted without the right to answer. Clifford's son is of age and the bishop requests that the king ordain a remedy and revoke the collation to Clifford as he had done with an earlier collation to Thomas de Clare.

Nature of endorsement

Because he supposes by his petition that Clifford is tenant of the manor he should sue before the king by a writ at the common law.

Places mentioned

Duresme (Durham), [County Durham]

River Tyne

River Tees

Norhamshire, [Northumberland]

Bedlingtonshire, [Northumberland]

Greatham, [County Durham]

Hart, [County Durham]

Westminster.

People mentioned

Henry III, King of England

Peter de Montfort

Thomas de Clare

Robert [de Stichill], late Bishop of Durham

Robert de Bruys (Bruce)

Antony [Bek], late Bishop of Durham

Edward I, King of England

Robert de Clifford

Louis de Beaumont, late Bishop of Durham

Robert [de Clifford], son of Robert de Clifford.

For a copy of Henry III's charter concerning the manor of Greatham, formerly attached to SC 8/149/7437, see SC 8/149/7438

For an earlier related petition see SC 8/3/120A

For a related petition, see SC 8/44/2168

• Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.5 (commitment of estates to Clifford whilst still a minor)
• Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. II, 1-19 Edw I, (Public Record Office, 1906), p.30 (inquisitions of the Clifford estates on the coming of age of the Clifford heir in 1327)
• Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.264-5 (no.196) (full calendar of petition)
• Registrum Palatinum Dunelmense, vol. IV: The Register of Richard de Kellawe, Lord Palatine and Bishop of Durham, 1314-1316 , Ed. T.D. Hardy, (Rolls Series, vol. LXII part 4, 1875), pp.182-3 (full edition of petition)