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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Mayn, chaplain. Mayn John King. chaplain John Mayn requests remedy, stating...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/224/11195
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/224/11195
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1397]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Mayn, chaplain.
- Name(s)
- Mayn, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- chaplain
- Nature of request
- John Mayn requests remedy, stating that he has been wrongfully ousted from his benefice at Holy Trinity, Colchester. He states that he was presented to that church by the abbot and convent of Colchester, and held it for over six years until Crowle and Wryth, seeking to oust him, claimed the benefice to be vacant. Crowle sued a writ against the bishop and Wryth, wrongfully claiming that Wryth was the incumbent, and the presentment was thus recovered to the king, who then presented Crowle to the church.
- Nature of endorsement
- Sent to the council.Issue a writ of scire facias against Crowle, returnable at the octave of Trinity.
- Places mentioned
- Colchester, Essex
- Deeping, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- Abbot and Convent of Colchester
- John Wryth (Wryght, Wright) of Deeping
- Richard Crowle (Crawele, Craulegh, Crawley)
- [Robert Braybrooke], Bishop of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The presentment of Crowle was revoked on 24 November 1397 as a direct result of this petition.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.264 (resultant revocation of Crowle's presentment, detailing the process of the case)
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334755/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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