Abbot and Monks of St Mary Graces. King and Council in Parliament. The Abbot and...

Petitioners

Abbot and Monks of St Mary Graces.

Addressees

King and Council in Parliament.

Nature of request

The Abbot and monks of St Mary Graces request that the king confirm letters of Richard II granting them 110 marks annually from the farm of Scarborough, and issue warrants for payment to the farmers of Scarborough. They state that this annuity had been granted to them by Richard as compensation for the loss of various estates which had originally been granted to them by James Audley in accordance with the wishes of Edward III, but which Richard had then seized and granted to his brother, John de Holland.

Nature of endorsement

The King, of his special grace, has granted to the abbot and monks both the confirmation of the other grant as mentioned in the petition, and also the arrears of the 110 marks for the term of Michaelmas last, according to the content of the same petition.

Places mentioned

St Mary Graces, [London]

Tower of London, [London]

London

Devon

Somerset

Cornwall

Scarborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire].

People mentioned

Edward III, King of England

James de Audley, knight

[John of Gaunt], Duke of Lancaster

Richard II, King of England

John de Holland, Earl of Huntingdon.

For another petition from the same petitioners on a related matter, see SC 8/20/989

For another petition from the same petitioners, see SC 8/25/1212

For a related petition see SC 8/324/E658

• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1401, (Public Record Office, 1903), pp.274-5 (restoration of various lands to St Mary Graces, revoking an earlier grant of Richard II)
• Richard II and his Grandfather's Will, C. Given-Wilson, (English Historical Review, XCIII, pp. 32, 1978), pp. 320-337 (discussion of context of this petition with editions of related petitions)