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Prior of Great Malvern. King and council. Prior of Great Malvern The Prior of Great...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/201/10011

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Reference
SC 8/201/10011
Date
[1290]
Description
Petitioners
Prior of Great Malvern.
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Prior of Great Malvern
Nature of request
The Prior of Great Malvern, which is a cell of Westminster Abbey, states that a dispute between the Bishop of Worcester and the Abbot of Westminster about a visitation of Great Malvern was referred to the king, and then to certain members of his council for arbitration; and an agreement was reached that the prior was to give the bishop and his successors the manor of Knightwick, and that in return the bishop was to renounce his claim to rights of visitation. He was to have this confirmed by his chapter of Worcester, but he has not done so, although he is in possession of the manor. The prior asks that this confirmation might be given, or that he might have the manor back.
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.The king will apply his counsel to ensure that the agreement is kept or the manor restored.The bishop is to be written to for confirmation in accordance with the agreement, or to restore the manor to them.
Places mentioned
Great Malvern, [Worcestershire]
Westminster
Knightwick, [Worcestershire]
Gloucestershire.
People mentioned
[Godfrey Giffard]
Bishop of Worcester
the Abbot of Westminster.
Note
A Latin summary of this petition is enrolled on a roll of petitions from the Easter parliament of 1290 (PROME roll 02, introduction).
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. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.62a (no. 200) (Latin summary 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), roll 02, appendix, no. 234 (full edition and translation of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333567/

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