? No Petitioner named Writ of Edward II to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer,...

Petitioners

? No Petitioner named

Nature of request

Writ of Edward II to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, in response to a claim by the Abbot of Bury St Edmunds to have the chattels of felons and fugitives, the year, waste and all other forfeitures from all residents in Bury St Edmunds and all his men and tenants, asking them to examine the rolls and memoranda of the Exchequer for evidence as to whether these liberties were allowed to the Abbot there or not.

Nature of endorsement

Enrolled in Easter term in the nineteenth year, in the first roll.The rolls have been searched concerning the contents of this writ, as can be seen from the schedule sewn to this writ.

Places mentioned

Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk]

Leicester, [Leicestershire].

People mentioned

Edward [II], King of England

Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer

Abbot of Bury St Edmunds.

For a writ to the Chief Justice of Common Pleas asking for evidence on this matter, see SC 8/234/11696

For evidence produced as a result of this writ, see SC 8/234/11697

For the petition on which all these documents depend, see SC 8/234/11700

For an inquisition into whether the Abbot has had cognisance of pleas concerning his men and tenants, see SC 8/234/11693

For letters patent to the justices ordering the holding of this inquisition, see SC 8/234/11695

For a writ to the sheriff ordering the holding of this inquisition, see SC 8/234/11694