Richard de Bury, Bishop of Durham. de Bury Richard King and council Bishop of Durham...

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 Bishop Bek bought the manor of Wark from Balliol but was subsequently ejected by Edward I when he was attending the court of Rome. Bishop Beaumont established his right but the king had granted the manor to Darcy who in turn enfeoffed the queen. The bishop requests justice and remedy.

Nature of endorsement

When he has come into Chancery and show what he has of the purchase, the inquisition returned into Chancery has been viewed and the council of the queen been summoned let justice will be done to him.

Places mentioned

Wark, [Northumberland]

Tynedale, [Northumberland]

Rome, [Italy].

People mentioned

Antony [Bek], late Bishop of Durham

John de Balliol, King of Scotland

Edward I, King of England

Louis [de Beaumont], Bishop of Durham

John Darcy

Philippa of Hainault, Queen of England.

For a later petition on the same subject see SC 8/3/105

• Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.71-2 (no.55) (full calendar of petition)
• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.494 (writ to the justices to proceed to judgement in Bishop Beaumont's suit concerning the manor)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.158 (ratification of Edward III's grant to Darcy)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), pp.335 and 373 (grants to Darcy of the manor of Wark)