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Prior and convent of Nostell. King The prior and convent request that the king suspend...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/63/3136
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/63/3136
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1328-1336]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Nostell.
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request that the king suspend his letters of protection for William, parson of Lythe, as they are left without a day in their suit in the Common Bench for the payment of the annuity and arrears due to them from the church of Lythe.
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the council that the king ought not to grant protection except to those who are truly in the king's service.
- Places mentioned
- Nostell, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Lith (Lythe), [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- Bamburgh, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- William [de Wardehowe], parson of the church of Lythe.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition seems to represent an early stage in a long-running dispute between Nostell and the parsons of Lythe over their annual rent. On 10 March 1345 (CPR 1343-5, pp.500-1), the king ordered the arrest of the then parson of Lythe, John de Bolton, who had tried to block a judgment against his predecessor at Lythe, William de Wardhowe, regarding this rent by illegally trying to have the case transferred to Rome. This clearly relates to the same events as the petition. The Prior at the time of the judgment is named as John, predecessor of the Prior in 1345, Thomas; this is presumably either John de Dewsbury (1331-6), the immediate predecessor of Thomas de Driffield, or possibly the previous prior, John de Insula (1328-31). Since the petition appears to suggest that the Prior making the petition was the same as the one securing the judgment against Wardhowe, the petition presumably dates to either Dewsbury or Insula's time as Prior, and hence to between 1328 and 1336.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the same house, see SC 8/16/783
For another document from the same house, see SC 8/270/13499
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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 6285
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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. VI, 1343-1345, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.500 (order for the arrest of John de Bolton, parson of Lythe, on charges relating to this matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106899/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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