William Palmes, clerk, tenant of the manor of Naburn. Palmes William King and lords...

Petitioners

William Palmes, clerk, tenant of the manor of Naburn.

Name(s)

Palmes, William

Addressees

King and lords and commons of parliament.

Occupation

clerk

Nature of request

[This petition is damaged.]William Palmes, tenant of the manor of Naburn, states that he was falsely convicted and imprisoned in the prison of the late Bishop of Winchester for fifteen years until he made his purgation, and that while he was in prison he was falsely outlawed for killing a man, at the procurement of his enemies. His manor was taken into the King's hand and given to Walter Whythors, who took the profits from it for six years and more, and sold trees worth 100 marks from it. After William had made his purgation, he sued to have the outlawry reversed, but because Walter is one of the King's intimates, he was obstructed in his suit until he had made fine with Walter for a certain sum to give him an annuity from the manor. He asks that he might be restored to these profits and damages.

Nature of endorsement

[None]

Places mentioned

Naburn, [East Riding of] Yorkshire.

People mentioned

[William Edendon], Bishop of Winchester

Walter Whythors (Whitehorse).

For a related petition concerning this manor, see SC 8/51/2538

• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. X, 1354-1358, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.347 (pardon to the petitioner for the death of William de Grove of Naburn, and any consequent outlawry)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XIII, 1364-1367, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.18 (grant of Naburn to Walter Whythors)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XIV, 1367-1370, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.409 (pardon to the petitioner for the death of William de Grove of Naburn, and any consequent outlawry)