Prior of Hexham King and council Prior of Hexham The Prior of Hexham states that...

Petitioners

Prior of Hexham

Addressees

King and council

Occupation

Prior of Hexham

Nature of request

The Prior of Hexham states that his house has been burnt down and destroyed by the Scots and his canons dispersed, and requests 40 marks annually for sustenance for eight canons, from the issues of Knaresborough or some other escheat, until they can return to their house.

Nature of endorsement

Coram rege.The king does not at present have information on the damages which they have sustained; and when he comes to the north he will make inquiries etc.

Places mentioned

Hextildesham (Hexham), [Northumberland]

Scotland

Knaresborough, [West Riding of Yorkshire]

For another petition from the prior and convent on the same subject, see SC 8/319/E403

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/11/540

• Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), no.159, pp.184-5 (full edition and calendar of petition)
• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1318, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.265 (order to cease collection of the tenth due from the Prior and convent of Hexham, as their goods have been wasted by the Scots)
• Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. III, 1307-1357, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1888), nos.435 (respite from tenth granted to the Prior and convent until the king's arrival in those parts, as their lands have been wasted by the Scots) & 466 (order to cease collection of the tenth due from the Prior and convent of Hexham, taken from Close Rolls (also CCR 1313-18 p.265))
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.672 (licence for the Prior and convent of Hexham to acquire in mortmain lands and rents, not held in chief, to the value of £20 annually)