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Richard Stormesworth of Northampton. Stormesworth Richard King and council. [This...

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SC 8/142/7099
Date
[1393]
Description
Petitioners
Richard Stormesworth of Northampton.
Name(s)
Stormesworth, Richard
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
[This petition is badly damaged.]Richard Stormesworth of Northampton makes ten accusations of lollardy against John Fox, Mayor of Northampton, claiming that he has usurped royal and ecclesiastical authority, acted contrary to the prohibitions of the Bishop of Lincoln and his ministers, subverted holy church and the true faith, acted against the King and disturbed the peace.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Northampton, [Northamptonshire]
London
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Sudbury archdeaconry
Yikkesworth (Ixworth), [Suffolk]
Osney Priory, [Oxfordshire]
Bedford, [Bedfordshire]
[Caldwell Priory, Bedfordshire]
Wynkpole (Wimpole), [Cambridgeshire]
Rome, [Italy]
Oxford, [Oxfordshire].
People mentioned
John Fox, Mayor of Northampton
Richard Bullok, chaplain
Thomas Botyller
Janyn Culyn, apprentice mercer of London
Thomas Compworth of Oxfordshire
Nicholas Weston, apostate Carmelite friar
William Northwold
Robert Braybrook, chaplain
[John Buckingham], Bishop of Lincoln
Laurence Barbour
William Pisford, Bailiff of Northampton
[William Broughton, chaplain]
[John Tony, chaplain].
Note
Datable to 1393 by CCR 1392-6 p.52, an order to return to the petitioner his goods, taken by John Fox, Mayor of Northampton, on an unrelated matter, which is dated 28 March 1393.Loose English translation (17th century), in British Library, Cott. MSS. Cleopatra E.II, f.201.Transcribed in E. Powell and G.M. Trevelyan (eds.), The Peasants' Rising and the Lollards (London, 1899), pp.45-50. Also transcribed at http://www.trytel.com/~tristan/towns/florilegium/community/cmreli09.htmlYikkesworth is given as Mekkesworth in the C17 transcript, but from its appearance in the list is presumably an abbey or priory, and hence would appear to be Ixworth in Suffolk.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209278/

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