Walter Lynton, Master of the Hospital of Burton Lazars in England. Lynton Walter...

Petitioners

Walter Lynton, Master of the Hospital of Burton Lazars in England.

Name(s)

Lynton, Walter

Addressees

Commons of parliament.

Occupation

Master of the Hospital of Burton Lazars in England

Nature of request

Walter, Master of the Hospital of Burton Lazars in England, states that Edward I granted to him and his brethren the wardship of the hospital of St Giles outside London, for them and their successors forever, in exchange for an annuity which they previously received in the Exchequer, and they were seized of this until King Richard, in the thirteenth year of his reign, granted it to John de Macclesfeld, and then to the Abbey of St Mary Graces, so that they are disinherited. They ask that it might be ordained that they are to have the hospital back.

Nature of endorsement

This petition is to be sent to Chancery, and there, when the parties have been called, the Chancellor, with the advice of the justices, is to do right to them by authority of parliament.

Places mentioned

Burton Lazars, [Leicestershire]

London.

People mentioned

Edward [I], King of England

Richard [II], King of England

John de Macclesfeld (Macclesfield)

Abbey of St Mary Graces.

For a related document, see SC 8/210/10457

For another petition by the same petitioners, see SC 8/97/4831

For a related document, see no.3377 in C 81/616

For a petition from a master of the hospital, see SC 8/190/9458

For another petition by a master of this hospital, see SC 8/266/13294

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1402, (Public Record Office, 1927), pp.450-451 (order to the justices before whom the plea between the petitioner and the Abbot of St Mary Graces concerning this hospital is pending to proceed, provided that they do no render judgment without advising the King
• Calendar of Close Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1402-1405, (Public Record Office, 1929), p.16 (order to the justices to proceed to render judgment in this case)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.120 (notification that after the King's coronation Richard II asked him to restore this hospital to the petitioner, as he had done a great wrong granting it to others, and that the King granted this, asking the petitioner to remind him of it another time)