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Abbot and convent of Jervaulx. King. The abbot and convent that a licence be granted...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/83/4123

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Reference
SC 8/83/4123
Date
[1320-1321]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and convent of Jervaulx.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The abbot and convent that a licence be granted to Somerset to grant them woodland and meadow in Constable Burton, as the land is held of the earl of Richmond, and the grant would not be to the king's damage as has been found by an inquest returned into Chancery.
Nature of endorsement
Let the inquest be viewed and the king certified.
Places mentioned
Jervaulx, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
Constable Burton, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
Richmondshire, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
William de Somerset.
Note
The petition has to postdate the inquisition that is dated to 14 Edw. II (C 143/144/13). The petition is unlikely to be later than 1321.
Related material

For the inquisition referred to in the petition see C 143/144/13

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4475
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148665/

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