Robert Hales, Prior of St John of Jerusalem in England. Hales Robert King and Council....

Petitioners

Robert Hales, Prior of St John of Jerusalem in England.

Name(s)

Hales, Robert

Addressees

King and Council.

Occupation

Prior of St John of Jerusalem in England

Nature of request

The Prior of St John of Jerusalem requests a writ of procedendo be issued to allow him to recover two manors from Darcy. He states that Darcy's deed claiming that his predecessor Archer granted the manors to Edward III, who then granted the manors to his own ancestors, was not a true deed, and that no details of it have been found in the records. His case should therefore be allowed to proceed, and he should be allowed to reclaim the property.

Nature of endorsement

This bill is answered elsewhere on the roll for this parliament.

Places mentioned

Temple Newsam, [West Riding of] Yorkshire

Temple Hirst, [West Riding of] Yorkshire.

People mentioned

Philip Darcy, [Lord Darcy]

[Edward III], King of England

John Darcy

Thomas Archer, [former Prior of St John of Jerusalem in England].

For Darcy's petition on this matter see SC 8/19/925

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1914), pp.187-8 (order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to have Philip Darcy before the king to answer claims made by the Prior of St John of Jerusalem)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.444 (exemplification of Darcy's charter from the former Prior granting these manors to his ancestors)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.78a-79a (no.22) (record of this case on the parliament roll)