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John de Wytele (Whitley). de Wytele (Whitley) John King and council. John de Wytele...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/146/7286
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This record is about the John de Wytele (Whitley). de Wytele (Whitley) John King and council. John de Wytele... dating from [? c. 1272-? c. 1290] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/146/7286
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1272-? c. 1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Wytele (Whitley).
- Name(s)
- de Wytele (Whitley), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- John de Wytele makes three complaints against the Prior of Tynemouth, and requests a remedy:1) He states that he holds certain lands in Whitley Bay of the Prior of Tynemouth, but that Adam, predecessor of the present Prior, seized them into his hand after the death of Henry de Wytele, John's father, although they are not held in a way that gives wardship or marriage, and Adam and his successors held them until John was past the age of 22 years, and then charged him a relief which equalled the value of the lands for two years.2) He states that the Prior is preventing him from doing justice in matters concerning his villeins; and also that when he granted John de Redeburn, a monk of Tynemouth, 100 cartloads of marl from his land, the monk took 400 cartloads. And the Prior has done nothing to punish this.3) He states that when he brought a writ of mort d'ancestor against William, the predecessor of the present Prior, before John de Vaus and his companions, justices in Eyre in Northumberland, the Prior claimed that he should have return of writs as part of the franchise granted him by the King. And when the day given him by the justices arrived, John could have no writ because it had been made away with by the Prior. And after that he did not dare to purchase another writ or pursue his right while he was under age.
- Nature of endorsement
- John de Wytele shows the King, for the King, that the Prior of Tynemouth has disinherited the King both by land and by sea, as in wreck and in vills, to the sum of 500 marks and more, and has disinherited the people of the country, through the franchise which he has from your ancestors and from you, as he says.
- Places mentioned
- Tynemouth, [Northumberland]
- Whitley Bay, [Northumberland]
- Northumberland.
- People mentioned
- Simon, Prior of Tynemouth
- Henry de Wytelee (Whitley), father of John de Wytele
- Adam, Prior of Tynemouth
- William, Prior of Tynemouth
- John de Redeburn, monk of Tynemouth
- John de Vaus, justice.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209469/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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