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Louis de Beaumont, Bishop of Durham. de Beaumont Louis King and council. Bishop of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/108/5381

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Reference
SC 8/108/5381
Date
[c. 1332]
Description
Petitioners
Louis de Beaumont, Bishop of Durham.
Name(s)
de Beaumont, Louis
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Bishop of Durham
Nature of request
The Bishop of Durham requests a further writ to effect his rights in Barnard Castle, in the estates formerly of the earl of Warwick, his rights to forfeitures of war and royal rights of franchise having been discussed and confirmed in the first parliament of the present king, but a writ to Roger Mortimer as keeper of Barnard Castle having had no effect.
Nature of endorsement
Since this matter was decided in the first parliament of the present king, the bishop ought to have a writ to the king's ministers.
Places mentioned
Westminster
River Tyne
River Tees
Barnard Castle, [County Durham].
People mentioned
Henry III, King of England
Roger Mortimer
Guy Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
Note
Dated c. 1332 by Fraser, Northern Petitions, pp. 261-2, on the basis of CPR 1330-4, p. 360.
Related material

For a petition on the same matter by the executors of the bishop's predecessor, see SC 8/318/E344

For the earlier agreement of 1327 referred to in this petition see SC 8/108/5384

For a copy of Henry III's charter concerning the manor of Greatham, formerly attached to SC 8/149/7437, see SC 8/149/7438

For transcript, see no.11 of PRO 31/7/100

For a related petition from an earlier Bishop of Durham, see SC 8/3/120A

For a related petition, see SC 8/44/2168

For a related petition from a later Bishop of Durham, see SC 8/44/2166

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2910
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.360 (exemplification including the first writ sent to Roger Mortimer)
  • Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.261-262 (no.194) (full edition of petition with references)
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