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John Coles, Abbot of Tewkesbury. Coles John King. Abbot of Tewkesbury John, Abbot...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/75/3727

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Reference
SC 8/75/3727
Date
[c. 1331]
Description
Petitioners
John Coles, Abbot of Tewkesbury.
Name(s)
Coles, John
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Abbot of Tewkesbury
Nature of request
John, Abbot of Tewkesbury, states that John Deverel disseised his predecessor, Thomas, of the manor of Tarrant Rushton, and that Thomas died before he could take action on this. Now the manor has been seized into the King's hand because of John's forfeiture, and the Abbot requests a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
Good people are to be appointed to inquire into the things contained in this petition, and when the inquisition has been returned in Chancery, what is just and reasonable is further to be done.
Places mentioned
Tewkesbury, [Gloucestershire]
Ruyston (Tarrant Rushton), [Dorset].
People mentioned
John Deverel
Thomas [de Kempsey], Abbot of Tewkesbury.
Note
John Deverel was granted lands in 1330, but had forfeited by 1331 (CIM 1307-49, no.1195), possibly at the same time as the people mentioned in CIM 1307-49, no.1301. Ellis de Deverel, father of John, granted rights to the hospital of Tarrant Rushton to the Prior of Christchurch, Twyneham, in 1304 (ibid, no.1301), but Tewkesbury appears to have had an interest in that hospital (Knowles & Hancock, Medieval Religious Houses, p.388), and this petition may be connected with this grant.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7916
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1195 (inquisition relating to the forfeiture of John de Deverel) & no.1301 (inquisition concerning the ownership of the hospital of Tarrant Rushton following the forfeiture of John Curteis, master of the house)
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