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Abbot of Bec Hellouin. King and council. Abbot of Bec Hellouin The Abbot of Bec Hellouin...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/239/11950

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Reference
SC 8/239/11950
Date
[1332]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot of Bec Hellouin.
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Abbot of Bec Hellouin
Nature of request
The Abbot of Bec Hellouin states that when the villeins of Ogbourne rose up against him and his ministers, refusing to perform the services and customs due from them, he was too afraid to seize them or to do justice on them, and petitioned the King form justices to inquire into their estate and their behaviour, and the manner in which they held their lands. They justices assigned by the King have now held their inquisition, and he asks the King to order the Chancellor to ordain a suitable remedy according to its findings.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Bec Hellouin, [Normandy, France]
Ogbourne, [Wiltshire].
People mentioned
John de Stonore (Stonor), justice
Thomas de Luwe (Louth), justice
William de Shareshull, justice
[Philip VI], King of France.
Note
Formerly enclosed with no.5198 of C 81/187.The inquisition in CIM 1307-49 no.1269 was held on the Friday after the Circumcision 5 Edward III (the Friday after 1 January 1332), and from the names of the justices, is clearly the one mentioned here.The commissions in CPR 1330-4 p.299 and 347 are dated 18 May 1332, that on p.501 is dated 7 September 1333, and that on p.583 is dated 16 July 1334.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/63/3133

For a document with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no.5198 of C 81/187

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1269 (inquisition into how the people of Ogbourne hold their lands)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.299, 347, 501, 583 (commissions of oyer and terminer concerning the dispute between Bec Hellouin and the villeins of Ogbourne)
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