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Thomas Arundel, Bishop of Ely; Prior and Convent of Ely. Arundel Thomas King. Bishop...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/183/9108

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Reference
SC 8/183/9108
Date
[1383]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas Arundel, Bishop of Ely; Prior and Convent of Ely.
Name(s)
Arundel, Thomas
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Bishop of Ely
Nature of request
The Bishop, Prior and Convent of Ely request that they might receive all the lands, tenements, goods and chattels of men in their franchises who have been condemned to death for their part in the Peasants' Revolt. This property has been seized into the king's hands by the escheators. They also request confirmation of their rights in such cases.
Nature of endorsement
On 3 August 7 [Richard II], the lords of the council assembled at Nottingham Castle agree that the bishop, prior and convent shall have all goods, chattels, lands and tenements forfeited due to the insurrection of the commons in the manner requested in this bill, and that they have in perpetuity all manner of forfeitures made in the future in connection with that insurrection, and that no person should be made to appear before royal justices on this matter.
Places mentioned
Ely, [Cambridgeshire]
Isle of Ely, [Cambridgeshire]
Mitford hundred, [Norfolk]
five and a half hundreds of Wicklow (Liberty of St Etheldreda), [Suffolk]
Trilling of Winston (Thredling hundred), [Suffolk]
Winston, [Suffolk]
Cambridgeshire
Norfolk
Suffolk.
People mentioned
Escheator of Cambridgeshire
Escheator of Norfolk
Escheator of Suffolk.
Note
As noted in the endorsement, the request was granted on 3 August 1383.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. V, 15 Edw III - 5 Hen V, 1341-1417, (Public Record Office, 1916), pp.288-9 (requested grants, incorporating text of endorsement)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294985/

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