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Dean and canons of the church of St Buryan, Cornwall. King and council. The dean...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/91/4528

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This record is about the Dean and canons of the church of St Buryan, Cornwall. King and council. The dean... dating from [c. 1322] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/91/4528
Date
[c. 1322]
Description
Petitioners
Dean and canons of the church of St Buryan, Cornwall.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The dean and chapter request that the record and process of a plea between the king and the bishop concerning the liberty and exemption of the church be brought as the plea was begun in 8 Edw. II and they have waited for 8 years for judgment, and when they have sued for judgment the justices have said that it cannot be dealt with except in parliament, and they have sued for it in parliament but it resides in the Treasury.1)
Nature of endorsement
They should go to the place where the record is and have a writ to bring it out and resummons the plea, and there let justice be done, and let Adam de Fincham who sued for the king [be warned].2) Coram rege.
Places mentioned
St Buryan, [Cornwall].
People mentioned
Bishop of Exeter
Roger de Brabazoun, Chief Justice of King's Bench
Adam de Fincham.
Note
The petition dates to c. 1322 as the petition refers to a plea begun in 8 Edw. II, and the judgment still being awaited eight years later.
Related material

For a petition by the bishop of Exeter on the same matter, see SC 8/8/361

For a petition by the dean and chapter of St Buryan on the same matter, see SC 8/257/12814

For another petition by the same petitioners on the same matter, see SC 8/318/E351

For an earlier petition by the same petitioners on the same matter see SC 8/92/4565

For an earlier petition by the bishop of Exeter requesting remedy in his dispute concerning St Buryan see SC 8/110/5464

For a letter to Queen Isabella concerning petitions on this matter, see SC 8/33/1628

For transcript, see no.11 of PRO 31/7/97

For a petition of the dean of St Buryan on the same matter, see SC 8/33/1629

For a related petition, see SC 8/169/8447

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 501
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149074/

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