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Thomas de Evesham, late parson of North Stoneham. de Evesham Thomas King. parson...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/251/12501

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This record is about the Thomas de Evesham, late parson of North Stoneham. de Evesham Thomas King. parson... dating from [1389] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/251/12501
Date
[1389]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de Evesham, late parson of North Stoneham.
Name(s)
de Evesham, Thomas
Addressees
King.
Occupation
parson of North Stoneham
Nature of request
Thomas de Evesham requests that the king order the justices of the bench to examine the record of a process conducted before Bealknap and his fellows, by which he was ejected from his church at Teynham. He states that the original writ contained errors, and that the judgment should be annulled and he should be restored to his church, to which he was properly and rightfully presented.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Abbotestenham (North Stoneham), [Hampshire]
Ospringe, [Kent].
People mentioned
Robert de Bealknap, justice
Thomas, Master of the hospital of Ospringe
Thomas Chaworth, chaplain.
Note
The chancery warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed was dated at Westminster on 30 June 1389. An order to arrest all people impugning the king's right to present to North Stoneham, and the rights of Chaworth as parson, had been issued on 28 July 1387, following the recovery of the church from Evesham and the master of Ospringe by the king, as recounted in the petition.
Related material

For a duplicate of this petition see SC 8/183/9150

For the chancery warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.5278 of C 81/505

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.386 (order to arrest all people impugning the king's right to present to North Stoneham)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440107/

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