Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we're still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

Item

Canons of St John's, Beverley. King and council. Due remedy is requested so that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/173/8639

What’s it about?

This record is about the Canons of St John's, Beverley. King and council. Due remedy is requested so that... dating from 1381 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

Is it available online?

Yes, this record is available online and can be downloaded. How to view it.

Can I see it in person?

No, this record is not available to see in person at The National Archives. Other ways to view it.

Full description and record details

Reference
SC 8/173/8639
Date
1381
Description
Petitioners
Canons of St John's, Beverley.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Due remedy is requested so that the charges, works of charity that ought to be performed and the benefice be saved without waste as a dispute has arisen between Wendlyngburgh and Mansfield as to who holds the office of provost, as Mansfield has wasted the lands and tenements of the church to maintain the quarrel. They request writs of prohibition to the archbishop and Mansfield, and a writ to the chapter not to allow any damage to be done to the damage of the church. They request the income of the provost be saved until the matter is discussed, and letters to the executors of Thoresby as are reasonable in this case.
Nature of endorsement
It is assented by the council, 1 February 4 [Ric. II], in the presence of various lords [named] that the things comprised in the petition be done under the great seal for the reasons contained within the petition.
Places mentioned
Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
John de Wendlyngburgh, the younger, clerk
Robert de Mansfield, clerk
John de Thoresby, late provost of Beverley
[John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, king of Castile and Leon] lord of Spain
[William of Wykeham], bishop of Winchester
[Edmund of Langley], earl of Cambridge
[Richard Fitz Alan], earl of Arundel
[William de Ufford], earl of Suffolk
[Hugh de Stafford], earl of Stafford
[Henry de Percy], earl of Northumberland.
Note
The petition is dated to 1381 as the response is dated to 1 February 4 [Ric. II] (1381), and related close roll entries date to January and February 1381 (CCR 1377-81, pp.431, 442).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1914), pp.431, 442 (order not to allow the lands and goods of the church to be diminished by or at the will of the claimants to the office of provost)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294505/

How to order it

  1. View this record page in our current catalogue
  2. Check viewing and downloading options
  3. Select an option and follow instructions
View this record page

Series information

SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

74,884 records

Within the department: SC

Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly...

18,283 records

Within the series: SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

51 records

Within the piece: SC 8/173

8601-8650. Individual petitions are described , dated, and are available at item...

You are currently looking at the item: SC 8/173/8639

Canons of St John's, Beverley. King and council. Due remedy is requested so that...

Related records

Records that share similar topics with this record.