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Keeper and college of the church of Our Lady of St Mary, Ottery. King The petitioners...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/63/3142

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Reference
SC 8/63/3142
Date
[1377]
Description
Petitioners
Keeper and college of the church of Our Lady of St Mary, Ottery.
Addressees
King
Nature of request
The petitioners request remedy as their tenants of Ottery have withheld their rents from them and by maintenance the petitioners cannot make distraints. The tenants claim to hold land of ancient demesne though this is not the case and by that means the petitioners are without recovery and they are destitute of their sustenance. They request that the maintainers be restrained, and 6 of the tenants with sufficient warrant from the others by their letters patent be made to come before the council to answer for them and the other tenants of the things concerning the matter and wrongs.
Nature of endorsement
For peril of rebellion it seems that the effect of the exemplification that it be declared and commanded to the sheriff to aid the keeper and college and their ministers that they be able to distrain their tenants reasonably for the rents and services due and accustomed so that their ministers are not disturbed of properly fulfilling their offices by force of any evil alliance, and that they have of their declaration letters patent, and also writs to the sheriff as above.
Places mentioned
Ottery St Mary, [Devon].
People mentioned
Tenants of St Mary Ottery.
Note
The petition can be securely dated to 1377 as a notification on the matter was issued on 10 September 1377 (CPR 1377-81, p.20).
Related material

For a later related petition see SC 8/251/12549

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6381
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.20 (notification confirming the keeper and college's rights and allowing distraints on the tenants)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106905/

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