Prior and convent of Tynemouth. King and council. The Prior and convent of Tynemouth...

Petitioners

Prior and convent of Tynemouth.

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

The Prior and convent of Tynemouth state that their house is one of the powerful fortresses of the north, but that, through flooding and undermining from the sea, its walls have largely collapsed, and their rents are not sufficient to make repairs, as most of them lie near the Scottish march and have been destroyed by the enemies. They request some reasonable aid to enable them to restore their priory and fortress, for their own salvation and that of the surrounding country.

Nature of endorsement

[None]

Places mentioned

Tynemouth, [Northumberland]

Scottish march.

For transcript, see no.45 of PRO 31/7/106

• Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), p.203 (no.182) (calendar of petition)
• Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. V, 1392-1396, (Public Record Office, 1925), pp.31-2 (order to pay £100 from the customs of Newcastle, in aid of repairs to the walls)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.441 (licence for Prior and convent to acquire lands in mortmain to the value of £20 annually, in order to repair the walls)