Subprior and convent of Hexham. King and council. The sub-prior and convent request...

Petitioners

Subprior and convent of Hexham.

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

The sub-prior and convent request an inhibition to the archbishop of York, the dean and chapter of York, the bishops of Durham and Carlisle, and the bailiff of Hexham that they are not to distrain or otherwise disturb them in their goods and possessions until the dispute with the archbishop has been settled at law. Despite a royal protection the archbishop through his bailiff has sequestered all their goods and lands in the liberty of Hexham, and caused the bishops of Durham and Carlisle to do the same because they will not accept Boroughbridge as their prior against the priory's privileges, they having elected Welpington.

Nature of endorsement

[None].

Places mentioned

Hexham, [Northumberland]

Nostell, [West Riding, Yorkshire].

People mentioned

[William Greenfield], archbishop of York

Roger de Thorneton (Thornton), the archbishop of York's bailiff of Hexham

Bishop of Durham

[John of Halton], bishop of Carlisle

Robert de Welpington (Whelpington), prior elect of Hexham

Gilbert de Pount de Burg (Boroughbridge), canon of St Oswald [Nostell]

Dean and chapter of York.

For the chancery warrant in which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no.2300 in C 81/80

• Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.114-5 (no.89) (full summary of petition)
• Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.377 (Chancery warrant in which this petition was formerly enclosed)