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Sub-prior and convent of St Martin, Dover. King and council. The Sub-prior and convent...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/145/7210

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Reference
SC 8/145/7210
Date
[1319-1321]
Description
Petitioners
Sub-prior and convent of St Martin, Dover.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The Sub-prior and convent of St Martin, Dover, state that although by the terms of the charter of Henry II, they are exempt from any jurisdiction except that of the Archbishop of Canterbury, during the last vacancy, after the death of Robert de Winchelsey, the Prior of Holy Trinity attempted to exercise jurisdiction over them. The Prior complained to the King about this impairment of his crown and dignity, and the King sent a writ of prohibition to the Prior of Holy Trinity. He ignored it, however, and excommunicated the prior and officers, put their churches under interdict, and sequestrated their goods and benefices. He then arranged for the new Archbishop to put this sentence into execution, and now, during a vacancy in the Priory, will not let the monks have their Prior. They request a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Dover, [Kent]
Canterbury, [Kent].
People mentioned
Henry II, King of England
Theobald [of Bec], Archbishop of Canterbury
Innocent [II], Pope
Prior of Holy Trinity, Canterbury
Robert de Winchelsey, Archbishop of Canterbury
Hugh de Forsham, commissary of the Prior of Holy Trinity, Canterbury
[Walter Reynolds], Archbishop of Canterbury.
Note
Given that it was presented by the sub-prior of Dover, this petition presumably dates from between the death of Prior Robert de Wetacre on 13 December 1318 and the eventual appointment of the new Prior, John of Sholden, in 1321. This forms one of a number of related petitions on this issue in SC 8, some of which may be copies attached to letters relating to this case (e.g. SC 1/36/129).
Related material

For transcript, see no.29 of PRO 31/7/95

For a related petition from the same house, see SC 8/267/13302

For a related document, see no.129 in SC 1/36

For a related petition see SC 8/264/13199

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/C9209391/

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