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Petitioners

Philip de Gopillariis, Prior of Goldcliff.

Name(s)

de Gopillariis, Philip

Addressees

King and council

Occupation

Prior of Goldcliff

Nature of request

The prior requests that all leases made for life by Martel after he had ejected the prior from his priory as well as recoveries by assizes made by virtue of the same and all other charges made on the priory be annulled, and that he may have a writ of re-seisin of the temporalities to be delivered to him, so that the monks that are reinstated are able to have their sustenance, and others who have left may return to do service to God, and so that the king is not ousted from his advantage in time of voidance. Martel had ejected the prior from the priory by force and arms, and was able to establish his claim to the priory by false bulls which were verified by Inge. The king, believing Inge, granted the temporalities to Martel, and the prior was forced to petition parliament for recovery which he obtained writs for. In the meantime Inge wrongfully by assizes successfully impleaded the prior concerning manors of the priory that he claimed to hold for life by lease of Martel, and damages were awarded against the prior. The prior despite making suit in Chancery was prevented by Inge from obtaining a supersedeas

Nature of endorsement

He should have a writ in Chancery formed in his case containing the effect of this petition returnable before the king to John to answer it as a party, and there let the record and process be made to come, and let justice be done according to the law of the land. And it seems to the council, if it pleases the Chancellor that the prior should have a stay of the damages by surety until a certain day.

Places mentioned

Goldcliff, [Monmouthshire, Wales]

Tintern, [Monmouthshire, Wales].

People mentioned

William Martel, Monk of Tintern

John de Inge.

For a duplicate of this petition see SC 8/50/2456

For a petition concerning the disputed right of advowson for the priory see SC 8/98/4899

For another petition by an earlier prior complaining about further outrages done to his house see SC 8/83/4101

• Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.65-7 (full summary of duplicate of this petition) & p.67 (brief note referencing this petition to the summary of its duplicate)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.406 (writ to the sub-prior to restore the prior to the temporalities of the priory)
• Documents Illustrative of English History in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries, selected from the Records of the Department of the Queen's Remembrancer of the Exchequer, Ed. H. Cole, (Record Commission, 1844), p.54 (brief summary of response from parliament roll)