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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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SC 8/63/3136
Date
[1328-1336]
Description
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.
Note
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.
Related material

For another petition from the same house, see SC 8/16/783

For another document from the same house, see SC 8/270/13499

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6285
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
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)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106899/

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