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John de Usk, Abbot of Chertsey, and the convent of Chertsey. de Usk John King and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/103/5102

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This record is about the John de Usk, Abbot of Chertsey, and the convent of Chertsey. de Usk John King and... dating from [c. 1391-c. 1393] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/103/5102
Date
[c. 1391-c. 1393]
Description
Petitioners
John de Usk, Abbot of Chertsey, and the convent of Chertsey.
Name(s)
de Usk, John
Addressees
King and Council.
Occupation
Abbot of Chertsey
Nature of request
The petitioners seek discharge from the great costs of maintaining the highway between Egham and Staines, for which they obtained a supersedeas in the previous parliament until this parliament. They complain that they have discharge from the maintenance of the said highway since the time of King Henry III, as appears fully in various records etc., and even now they are pursued in king's bench by men of the country wishing to perpetually charge them with the maintenance of the said highway etc.
Nature of endorsement
The king of his special grace by the advice of his council in this present parliament, grants a similar supersedeas to the petitioners until the next parliament.
Places mentioned
Chertsey, [Surrey]
Staines, [Surrey]
Egham, [Surrey]
River Thames.
People mentioned
Henry III, King of England
Edward III, King of England.
Note
As this petition indicates, the matter was in discussion over.an extended period and it is not easy to establish the order in which the petitions were presented: see also SC 8/103/5107. A date range of 1391-3 is suggested on the basis of the cross-references in CCR 1389-92, p. 313 and CCR 1392-6, pp. 125-6.
Related material

For a related petition on the same matter see SC 8/103/5107

For a related petition see SC 8/39/1916

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2072
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. IV, 1389-1392, (Public Record Office, 1923), p.313 (writ of supersedeas in relation to this case)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. V, 1392-1396, (Public Record Office, 1925), p.125 (similar writ of supersedeas)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149672/

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