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

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.

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

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

• 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)