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Petitioners

Thomas Edward, chaplain

Name(s)

Edward, Thomas

Addressees

King and council

Occupation

chaplain

Nature of request

Thomas Edward states that he has sued the king's right concerning the advowson of half the church of Bubwith as far as an inquest to try this right between the king and the Abbot of Byland, and that, by maintenance and procurement of the Abbot and his adherents, the Sheriff is refusing to empanel the most respected and suitable people of the country on the jury, as Thomas asked him to on behalf of the king. He asks the king and council to order the Sheriff to empanel the most loyal and suitable people from the area close to the parish who have knowledge of this matter.

Nature of endorsement

A writ is to be sent to the Sheriff on behalf of the king to empanel the most respected people of the country, and those closest, who have knowledge of the king's right, according to the form of this petition.

Places mentioned

Bubwith, [East Riding of Yorkshire]

Byland, [North Riding of Yorkshire]

People mentioned

The Abbot of Byland

A related petition is SC 8/37/1825

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. XII, 1364-1368, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.328 (order to the Escheator of Yorkshire to remove the king's hand from the advowson of half the church of Bubwith, as it is now found that John de Moubray did have permission to alienate it)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VIII, 1348-1350, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.367 (licence for the alienation in mortmain by John de Moubray, lord of Axeholm, to the abbot and convent of Byland of the advowson of half the church of Bubwith)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XIV, 1367-1370, (Public Record Office, 1913), pp.408-9 (exemplification on behalf of the monks of Byland, of an inquisition of 1370, which finds that the king has no right to present to half the church of Bubwith)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XV, 1370-1374, (Public Record Office, 1914), p.65 (ratification of the estate of the Abbot and convent of Byland in half the church of Bubwith)