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Abbot and monks of Whitby. King . . . [The petition is badly damaged and the full...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/161/8033

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Reference
SC 8/161/8033
Date
[1307]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and monks of Whitby.
Addressees
King . . .
Nature of request
[The petition is badly damaged and the full sense is difficult to recover].Petition of the abbot and monks concerning their rights in the forest that King John granted that they could have in their lands, and which have been curtailed by an error in the time of William de Vescy.
Nature of endorsement
Threekingham and Sheffield are to be assigned to enquire by jury of Yorkshire of the abbot's seisin and other matters contained in the charter, and when the inquisition is returned let justice be done.
Places mentioned
Whitby, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
London.
People mentioned
William de Vescy, late justice of the Forest
Robert de Clifford, justice of the Forest above the Trent
Geoffrey de Langeley (Langley), justice [of the forest]
Roger de Brabazon
John [de Langeley (Langley)], son and heir of Geoffrey de Langley
Lambert de Trikingham (Threekingham), lieutenant of Robert de Clifford
Thomas de Shefeld (Sheffield), lieutenant of Robert de Clifford.
Note
The petition dates to 1307 as a Latin summary can be found on the parliament roll for the parliament held at Carlisle in Hillary 1307 (Rot. Parl. I, pp.192b-193a).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.192b-193a (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Vetus Codex 1307, appendix, no.6 (full edition and translation of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293877/

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