emph altrender="doctype">AP William [Melton], Archbishop of York. King's council....

emph altrender="doctype">AP William [Melton], Archbishop of York. King's council. Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire].

Nature of request

William, Archbishop of York, states that although all pleas arising from things done within his franchise of Beverley, should be and have been determined there and not anywhere else, and inquisitions on these held by people of the said town, the king has now brought an oyer and terminer concerning a trespass committed in Beverley, and the justices have hitherto sat outside the franchise and held inquisitions with outsiders, in prejudice to his franchise. He requests a writ to the justices to hold their sessions in Beverley in future, and their inquisitions with people resident there.

[On face] For the Archbishop of York. And it is to be done as before.

For another petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/153/7612

A related petition is SC 8/153/7620

For another petition by the same petitioner on a related matter, see SC 8/153/7610

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. IV, 1337-1339, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.619 (instructions to justices appointed to hear and determine a trespass at Beverley to let the Archbishop have cognisance)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. IV, 1338-1340, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.165-7 & 169-70 (exemplification of the tenors of various pleas at the request of the Archbishop of York)