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John Daventre (Daventry), clerk. Daventre (Daventry) John King. clerk John Daventre...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/224/11194

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This record is about the John Daventre (Daventry), clerk. Daventre (Daventry) John King. clerk John Daventre... dating from [1386-1387] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/224/11194
Date
[1386-1387]
Description
Petitioners
John Daventre (Daventry), clerk.
Name(s)
Daventre (Daventry), John
Addressees
King.
Occupation
clerk
Nature of request
John Daventre requests that he be restored to the church of Llanrwst, from which he has been ousted by Benet. Benet has fraudulently secured a presentment to that church from the king, and has pursued him in the courts.
Nature of endorsement
Let this bill be sent into chancery, and call the parties, and if the complaint made within is found to be true, then let the presentment be repealed and let the petitioner be restored to his benefice, along with all the profits received in the meantime.
Places mentioned
Llanraust (Llanrwst), [Denbighshire, Wales]
St Asaph diocese
Shropshire.
People mentioned
Nicholas Benet (Bennet, Bennett), chaplain
sheriff of Shropshire.
Note
This petition was evidently presented just before the issue of the writ to the sheriff of Shropshire on 28 July 1387 (SC 8/224/11192), clearly a direct response to this petition. As claimed in the petition, Daventre's original appointment was ratified on 26 March 1386, and Benet's presentment was cancelled on 30 November 1387.
Related material

For the resultant writ to the sheriff of Shropshire summoning Benet to answer see SC 8/224/11192

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.377-378 (summary translation of petition)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.124 (ratification of Daventre as parson of Llanrwst) & p.376 (revocation of presentment to Benet)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334754/

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