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John Burdet, Prior of Ecclesfield. Burdet John King and lords of parliament. Prior...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/107/5323

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Reference
SC 8/107/5323
Date
[c. 1377]
Description
Petitioners
John Burdet, Prior of Ecclesfield.
Name(s)
Burdet, John
Addressees
King and lords of parliament.
Occupation
Prior of Ecclesfield
Nature of request
Burdet makes two requests:1) He complains that he has been ousted from the priory and cannot recover his rights as a result of the maintenance of the case by Lord Latimer. He petitioned parliament and council in the reign of the late king, and obtained an inquisition; but Henry has countered by a nisi prius. He asks that the office with its responses might be brought out of Chancery into parliament, and that he might have justice and restitution.2) He states that Medbourne, since taking the priory, has committed waste and destruction to the value of 300 marks. Remedy is requested.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Abbey of St Wandrille, Normandy, [France]
Ecclesfield, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Henry Medbourne, clerk
[William], Lord Latimer.
Note
SC 8/290/14452, discussed with references in PROME, parliament of 1376, Appendix no. 2, can be dated to 1376. From this petition's clear references to an inquisition ordered by the late king (CIM 1348-77 no. 1003) it must date from the beginning of the reign of Richard II.
Related material

For transcript, see no.1 of PRO 31/7/110

For an earlier related petition see SC 8/290/14452

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2789
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. VIII, Edw III, 1368-1377, (Public Record Office, 1924), p.362 (order for this inquisition
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. III, 22-51 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1937), no.1003 (inquisition mentioned here)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), parliament of 1376, Appendix no. 2 (summary of related petition with references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149893/

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