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John de Moubray (Mowbray); The heirs of the magnates of Yorkshire. de Moubray (Mowbray)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/61/3037

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Reference
SC 8/61/3037
Date
[1327-1368]
Description
Petitioners
John de Moubray (Mowbray); The heirs of the magnates of Yorkshire.
Name(s)
de Moubray (Mowbray), John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Moubray and the others as benefactors of the hospital of St Leonard, York, request that a law-worthy man or men be ordained to see that the profits of the hospital are spent and maintained as they were anciently, as the current keeper has used the profits to his own use, neglecting the hospital and the alms that were customarily given
Nature of endorsement
The Chancellor who is chief of the hospitals . . . lately the same hospital, he is to sue to him, and he will do justice to him.
Places mentioned
York.
Note
Dated to the period between the restoration of John Mowbray at the accession of Edward II and the death of his son, also John, in 1368.
Related material

For another petition relating to St Leonard'sand perhaps to the same matter, see SC 8/245/12244

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5648
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106800/

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