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William Melton, Archbishop of York; Stephen Gravesend, Bishop of London; William...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/173/8613

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Reference
SC 8/173/8613
Date
[1330]
Description
Petitioners
William Melton, Archbishop of York; Stephen Gravesend, Bishop of London; William de Digepet, Abbot of Langedon; William la Zouche; and many others.
Name(s)
Melton; Gravesend; de Digepet; Zouche, William; Stephen; William; William
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Archbishop of York; Bishop of London; Abbot of Langedon
Nature of request
The petitioners request that the king say his will as they have been accused of being adherents of Edmund, earl of Kent in the deliverance of the late king, and have been adjourned into the King's Bench at Easter next to their great damage.[The petition is followed by what appears to be a draft for an alternative part of the petition, which is struck through].
Nature of endorsement
Because the king holds as quit all those named in this petition, and he wishes that all those who were aggrieved or impeached be restored to their lands, goods and chattels taken for this reason, and that those who are still imprisoned by this reason be delivered out of prison, and all those that wish to have writs should have them.
People mentioned
Edmund [of Woodstock], Earl of Kent.
Note
The petition is dated to 1330 as the petition is published in Rot. Parl. II from a Hale manuscript which dated the petitions to the parliament held after the feast of St Katherine 4 Edw. III (1330) (Rot. Parl. vol. II::p.32b (no.8)).
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. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.32b (no.8) (full edition of later copy of original petition) & p.54 (transcription 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), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp.31-51, no.8 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294479/

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