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Petitioners

John Maundour, clerk.

Name(s)

Maundour, John

Addressees

King and Council.

Occupation

clerk

Nature of request

John Maundour requests the withdrawal of a commission issued to John, Lord Neville, that he maintain the proctors of the Cardinal of Ravenna in the archdeaconry of Durham. Maundour claims that he was rightfully appointed to the archdeaconry in the time of Bishop Thomas, and asks to be returned to his possession, particularly since justices appointed in the last parliament have said that the commission to Neville was against the law and should be repealed.

Nature of endorsement

[None]

Places mentioned

Durham archdeaconry

Durham, [County Durham]

Ravenna, [Italy].

People mentioned

Thomas [Hatfield], Bishop of Durham

John [Neville], Lord Neville

[Pileus de Prata], Cardinal of Ravenna (Cardinal of St Praxedis).

For a related petition by the same petitioner is SC 8/21/1021

For transcript, see no.19 of PRO 31/7/109

• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.73 (appointment of John, Lord Neville, to maintain Pileus, cardinal of St Praxedis, and his proctors in possession of the archdeaconry of Durham)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.349 (ratification of John Maundour as archdeacon of Durham)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.258b (enrolment of prohibition, forbidding the petitioner from doing anything concerning the office of archdeacon of Durham in prejudice to the king or his laws and statutes, or in prejudice to the one to whom the king has given the office)