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Laurence de Allerthorp, master of St Edmund's Hospital, Gateshead. de Allerthorp...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/222/11088

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Reference
SC 8/222/11088
Date
[1383]
Description
Petitioners
Laurence de Allerthorp, master of St Edmund's Hospital, Gateshead.
Name(s)
de Allerthorp, Laurence
Addressees
King.
Occupation
master of St Edmund's Hospital, Gateshead
Nature of request
Laurence de Allerthorp, master of the hospital of St Edmund in Gateshead, states that he held the hospital by the collation of the Bishop of Durham, but that the king had sued a quare impedit against the bishop and Fenrother regarding the right of presentment. This suit is pending before the justices, and the king meanwhile also appointed Levesham to the office. Levesham now claims to have been forcibly ejected, even though he never had possession, and secured letters to Claxton (Levesham's cousin) and Emeldon to maintain him in possession and eject the petitioner. Allerthorp therefore requests that this commission be superseded until the plea is judged.
Nature of endorsement
[on face] The king has granted this bill by the advice of the chancellor.Montagu.
Places mentioned
Gateshead, [Northumberland]
Nottingham, [Nottinghamshire].
People mentioned
John [Fordham], Bishop of Durham
Adam Fenrother, late master of St Edmund's Hospital, Gateshead
Richard de Levesham
Thomas de Claxton
William Emeldon
[John] Montagu.
Note
The requested writ of supersedeas was issued on 30 October 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 Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1920), pp.406-7 (resultant writ of supersedeas to Claxton and Emeldon)
  • Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.199-201 (no.147) (full edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334648/

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