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Abbess and convent of Burnham. King. The Abbess and convent of Burnham state that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/97/4828
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/97/4828
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1330-1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbess and convent of Burnham.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Abbess and convent of Burnham state that the King granted them the manor of Bulstrode, forfeited by Hugh le Despenser the son, with its appurtenances at farm, but that because Geoffrey de Bolestrode claimed a right in certain lands in that manor, there was a process in Chancery, which found against Geoffrey, and the King recovered the lands. Despite this, he has continued to occupy the lands, preventing the Abbess and convent from having profit from this manor. The Abbess has been greatly impoverished by this suit, and asks that the process might be brought into parliament and examined, and Geoffrey summoned and questioned on his actions, and ordered not to meddle further in the matter, saving his right at common law, if he thinks he has one.
- Nature of endorsement
- John de Stonore and Henry de Clif are to be appointed to inquire into all the things contained in the petitions and process, on the one side and the other, and into all other relevant matters, in the presence of the Abbess and of Geoffrey, to be informed of this, if they wish to be present, and also in the presence of the Prior of the Hospital and of John de Horneby, if they wish to be present. And when the inquisition has been returned in Chancery, when the Chancellor has called the wise men of the council, and heard the arguments on all sides, justice is to be done.
- Places mentioned
- Burnham, [Buckinghamshire]
- Bulstrode, [Buckinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- Hugh le Despenser the son
- Geoffrey de Bolestrod (Bulstrode)
- John de Stonore
- Henry de Clif
- the Prior of the Hospital [of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitallers) in England]
- John de Horneby.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition would seem to date from after 2 March 1330, the date of CCR 1330-3 pp.11-12 - possibly from later in that year, from the reference to the harvesting of corn, or perhaps from 1331, as a writ ordering that Geoffrey de Bulstrode be attached to answer on why he has prevented delivery of these lands (SC 8/95/4739J) is dated 29 September, 5 Edward III (1331). It would seem perhaps to be slightly earlier than SC 8/97/4827.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.115 of PRO 31/7/123
For a related petition from Geoffrey de Bolestrode, with related documents (SC 8/95/4739A-K), see SC 8/95/4739K
For a related petition from the Abbess, see SC 8/97/4827
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 1268
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.253 (order, dated 12 February 1328, to deliver certain lands to Geoffrey de Bolestrode)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.11-12 (order, dated 2 March 1330, to resume the lands and tenements into the King's hand and to deliver them to the Abbess and convent of Burnham) & p.356 (order, dated 24 October 1331, to pardon the Abbess and convent their farm, because of their expenses in their suit with Geoffrey de Bulstrode)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149395/
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