William de Beverle (Beverley), canon of the free chapel of St Stephen within the...

Petitioners

William de Beverle (Beverley), canon of the free chapel of St Stephen within the palace of Westminster and prebendary of the prebend of Howth in the church of Dublin.

Name(s)

de Beverle (Beverley), William

Addressees

King and lords of parliament.

Places mentioned

Westminster

Howth, [County Dublin, Ireland]

Dublin, [County Dublin, Ireland].

Nature of request

Beverle requests remedy for the outrages committed against him by the king's ministers who have seized all of the fruits of his benefice in Ireland because of his absence, though he is fully prepared to comply with the ordinances made concerning absentees from Irish benefices.

Nature of endorsement

[None].

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/95/4748

For transcript, see no.95 of PRO 31/7/108

• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.35 (appointment of attorneys in Ireland by the petitioner)
• Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.33 (brief summary of petition)