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Abbot of Fountains King Abbot of Fountains The Abbot of Fountains states that William...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/47/2338

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Reference
SC 8/47/2338
Date
[1362]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot of Fountains
Addressees
King
Occupation
Abbot of Fountains
Nature of request
The Abbot of Fountains states that William de Nessefeld, the Escheator, is claiming that he has found through an inquest that certain lands, which the Abbot claims to have held since the foundation of his church, are held of John de Lisle, who holds of the king in chief by knight service, who released the services due for them to the abbot's predecessor: so that the Abbot now holds of the king. William has taken the lands into the king's hand, because the Abbot entered without process of court, and without performing the services due to the king. The Abbot states that John never released the services to any predecessor of his, and has charged himself with the issues of these tenements in his account at the Exchequer, and paid them; and he requests a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
The lands with the issues are to be restored to the Abbot because they were wrongly seized, as no trespass is found in the purchase of the said tenements, saving the services to the king, if they are due to him; and the Abbot is to be instructed to appear before the Chancellor on a certain day to show why he ought not to perform these services.
Places mentioned
Fountaignes (Fountains), [West Riding of Yorkshire]
People mentioned
William de Nessefeld, Escheator of Yorkshire
John de Lisle
Note
CCR 1360-4 p.367, which is dated at Westminster, 26 October 1362, and appears to be in response to this petition.William de Nessefeld was Escheator of Yorkshire, Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmorland (and between October 1361 and August 1362, Lancashire) from 22 May 1357 to 12 May 1363.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3370
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. XI, 1360-1364, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.367 (order to the Escheator to restore the town of Stainburn and half the town to Rigton to the Abbot)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062549/

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