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Proctor of William de Weston. King and council. Proctor of William de Weston. The...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/77/3841

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Reference
SC 8/77/3841
Date
[1325]
Description
Petitioners
Proctor of William de Weston.
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Proctor of William de Weston.
Nature of request
The proctor of William de Weston states that when the King sent his master as an envoy to Spain, he took him and all his possessions, and especially his prebend of Leighton Buzzard into his protection, and that he, the proctor, fearing that some disturbance would be made in this prebend, delivered a petition to the present parliament: but that while that petition was pending, a great number of men expelled his master with force and arms from possession of the prebend, in despite of the King. He requests a remedy in this parliament, so that his lord's absence abroad might not harm him.
Nature of endorsement
Before the King (coram rege), because it touches the royal right.
Places mentioned
Spain
Leighton Buzzard, [Bedfordshire].
People mentioned
William de Weston.
Note
SC 8/77/3840 quotes a writ addressed to the Sheriff to oust lay force from the church of Leighton Buzzard, which is dated 25 June 18 Edward II (1325). As this happened in the course of the parliament at which this petition was presented, it must therefore have been the one of June 1325.CPR 1324-7 p.90 is dated 14 February 1325.CCR 1323-7 p.417 is dated 28 October 1325.
Related material

For an expanded version of this petition, see SC 8/77/3840

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8850
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1323-1327, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.417 (order to account with William de Weston for his expenses while in Spain, between 15 February and 27 August 1325)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. V, 1324-1327, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.90 (protection for William de Weston, going to Spain on the King's business)
  • The Functions of the Medieval Parliament of England, G.O. Sayles, (Hambledon Press, 1988), pp.373-374 (no. ii) (summary of expanded version of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107615/

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