Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick; Robert de Clyfford (Clifford). Beauchamp, Earl...

Petitioners

Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick; Robert de Clyfford (Clifford).

Name(s)

Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick; de Clyfford (Clifford), Thomas; Robert

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

The petitioners state that the Earl of Warwick holds the manors of Barnard Castle and Gainford, and Robert de Clyfford holds the manor of Hart, which are between the rivers Tyne and Tees and which were forfeited in war by John de Balliol and Robert de Bruce, respectively, of the gift of Edward I, but that Louis, Bishop of Durham, in the King's first parliament, demanded foreitures of war between those rivers, and claimed the entire area as his royal franchise, through the charter of Henry III, a copy of which is sewn to this petition, for the manor of Greatham, as being within his franchise of the Haliwerfolc - although it is not, but in the wapentake of Sadberge. And through this he has been granted forfeiture of war in the franchise of Haliwerfolc, which he claims is the entire area between Tyne and Tees, although it does not include the wapentake of Sadberge, in which the manors of Barnard Castle, Gainford and Hart are located. They ask that these things might be examined, and that a writ might be sent to the Bishop to cease a suit on this that he has begun in his own court against Robert de Clyfford concerning the manor of Hart.

Nature of endorsement

Coram rege et magno consilio.Because the Bishop's petition has been answered that they are to go ahead in the plea, provided that they do not proceed to judgment without consulting the King, they are to aid themselves by response in the said plea as best they can.

Places mentioned

Barnard Castle, [County Durham]

Gainford, [County Durham]

Hart, [County Durham]

River Tyne

River Tees

Westminster

Greatham, [County Durham]

liberty of the Haliwerfolc, [County Durham]

Sadberge wapentake, [County Durham].

People mentioned

John de Baillof (Balliol), [King of Scotland]

Robert [I] de Bruys (Brus, Bruce), [King of Scotland]

Edward [I], King of England

Louis (Lewis) [de Beaumont], Bishop of Durham

Henry [III], King of England.

For a related petition from the Bishop of Durham, see SC 8/108/5381

For a copy of Henry III's charter concerning the manor of Greatham, see SC 8/149/7438

For a related petition from the same petitioners, see SC 8/149/7443

For another petition by Clifford, see SC 8/12/563

For a related petition from an earlier Bishop of Durham, see SC 8/3/120A

For a related petition, see SC 8/44/2168

For a related petition from a later Bishop of Durham, see SC 8/44/2166

For another petition from Clifford, see SC 8/168/8387

For another petition possibly from Clifford, see SC 8/219/10913