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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Grymestone (Grimstone), chaplain and minister of the abbot and convent of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/49/2407
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This record is about the John de Grymestone (Grimstone), chaplain and minister of the abbot and convent of... dating from [c. 1334] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/49/2407
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Grymestone (Grimstone), chaplain and minister of the abbot and convent of Our Lady of York.
- Name(s)
- de Grymestone (Grimstone), John
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- chaplain and minister of the abbot and convent of Our Lady of York
- Nature of request
- Grymestone requests that the bailiffs of York be taken before the council and put to answer, and a remedy be ordained for when he came to the city of York on business they seized him and imprisoned him without cause, and detained him until he made a fine with them, and made his swear that he would not complain, against the orders of the king. If no remedy is ordained they will continue to ransom all the ministers and servants of the abbey wrongfully and at their will.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Everwyk (York)
- People mentioned
- Henry Scrop (Scrope), Bailiff of York
- Robert de Lyndesseye (Lindsey), Bailiff of York
- Thomas de Syggeston (Sigston), Bailiff of York
- William de Thorp
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The guard comments date this to c. 1334 on the basis of a patent roll entry referring to the dispute between the abbey and city and the pleas relating to this (CPR 1334-8, p.27). It seems likely that Grimstone's discomfiture stems from this dispute.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 3657
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.27 (details concerning the dispute and pleas between the abbey and city, with an order that the victuals of the abbey should not be distrained on account of the pleas)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062620/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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