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Abbot and Convent of Lyre. King and Council. The Abbot and Convent of Lyre seek remedy...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/123/6109

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SC 8/123/6109
Date
[? c. 1324]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and Convent of Lyre.
Addressees
King and Council.
Nature of request
The Abbot and Convent of Lyre seek remedy in their case against the Deans of Wimborne, concerning sums relating to tithes in Shapwick and Kingston Lacy granted to them by Robert, former Earl of Leicester. They had granted these tithes to the former Dean of Wimborne in exchange for a payment of eight marks per year. However, another Dean then ceased payment of these eight marks, and although they have sued at common law, they have not received justice as the Dean is a royal appointment. They therefore request that either the tithes are returned to them, or that the eight marks are paid, or that they be allowed to recover it at common law.
Nature of endorsement
He should sue at the common law if he wishes.
Places mentioned
Lyre, [Normandy, France]
Wimborne, [Dorset]
Shapwick, Dorset
Kingston Lacy, Dorset
London
Southwark, [Surrey].
People mentioned
[Richard de Clare], Dean of Wimborne
Robert [es Blanchemains], Earl of Leicester
Prior of Holy Trinity, [Aldgate], London
Prior of St Mary [Overy], Southwark
Dean of the Arches
Martin [de Pateshull], former Dean of Wimborne
John de Berwick, former Dean of Wimborne.
Note
Dated on the guard to? c. 1324, but no evidence cited. Richard de Clare was appointed as Dean of Wimborne in 1317, seemingly holding the office until 1335. Edward II asserted Wimborne's free status in a case of 1318, which may well have influenced the reluctance of the judges to determine the Abbot's case.
Related material

For the copy of the original grant once attached to this petition see C 146/6859

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5206
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office, vol. VI, (Public Record Office, 1915), p.395 (C6859) (copy of the original grant of Robert, Earl of Leicester, originally attached to this petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208279/

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