John of Gaunt, King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Lancaster; Simon Sudbury, Archbishop...

Petitioners

John of Gaunt, King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Lancaster; Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury; John Buckingham, Bishop of Lincoln; Henry Wakefield, Bishop of Worcester; William, Lord Latimer; John Knyvet; Robert de Ashton; John de Ipres (Ypres); Nicholas Carrowe (Carrew).

Name(s)

Gaunt, King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Lancaster; Sudbury; Buckingham; Wakefield; Latimer; Knyvet; de Ashton; de Ipres (Ypres); Carrowe (Carrew), John; Simon; John; Henry; William; John; Robert; John; Nicholas

Addressees

King and Parliament.

Occupation

Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of Lincoln; Bishop of Worcester

Nature of request

The petitioners seek urgent recovery in this present parliament of properties entrusted to them by the dead king as reason and good faith demands. They show that he granted to them (and Roger de Beauchamp who is dead) and their heirs in fee simple without any condition (i.e. as feoffees), all the houses, manors, lands, tenements, fees, advowsons, reversions, regalities, franchises, free warrens, etc., that the king's grandfather bought and had livery of seisin therein. At the petitioners' suit to the parliament at Gloucester in the quindene of Michaelmas 1378 it was declared that as the aforesaid gift was in fee simple without accusation before the gift, or upon the gift, or upon the livery, of any charges made to them etc., and after this they were in possession by the king's charters on record etc., agreed in the last parliament held at Westminster etc., and the present king's ministers have ousted the petitioners.

Nature of endorsement

[None]

Places mentioned

Gloucester, [Gloucestershire]

Westminster.

People mentioned

Edward III, King of England

Richard II, King of England

Roger de Beauchamp.

For another petition by Carrew and others, see SC 8/227/11346

For another petition by Carrew, see SC 8/191/9517

For a related petition see SC 8/100/4989