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Abbot and convent of Fountains abbey. King. The complaints of the abbot and convent...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/84/4166

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Reference
SC 8/84/4166
Date
[1277]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and convent of Fountains abbey.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The complaints of the abbot and convent existing under royal protection of the queen who are oppressed with debts do not dare to implead the bailiffs of Yorkshire.1) Tattershall - whose men took plough-oxen and chased them to his manor of Well and then to Cratale, and then put them to his plough.2) Walton - whose men took and incarcerated Walk and Ripon, and have destroyed their woodland at Foc, and go there with bows but will not let the abbot's foresters go with bows.3) Robert the bailiff of Ripon - he and his men took their cart oxen to carry a millstone of the archbishop, took wool of the queen and victuals of the abbey from them.1)
Nature of endorsement
Of the three petitions, the first in Chancery, and he is to explain the last two, and especially the actions of the sheriff and his bailiffs.2) He is to explain.
Places mentioned
Yorkshire
Well, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
Crakehill, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Robert of Tatersal (Tattershall)
John de Walton
Thomas de Walk, monk of Fountains
John de Rypon (Ripon), monk of Fountains
Robert the bailiff of Ripon.
Note
The petition probably dates to 1277 when a commission of oyer and terminer was issued to deal with their complaints, though the commission does not detail the complaints (CPR 1272-81, p.237)
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3495
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. I, 1272-1281, (Public Record Office, 1901), p.237 (commission of oyer and terminer into the matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148708/

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