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John de Bylton (Bilton), late parson of Warton in Kendal. de Bylton (Bilton) John...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/253/12603

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This record is about the John de Bylton (Bilton), late parson of Warton in Kendal. de Bylton (Bilton) John... dating from [? 1389] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/253/12603
Date
[? 1389]
Description
Petitioners
John de Bylton (Bilton), late parson of Warton in Kendal.
Name(s)
de Bylton (Bilton), John
Addressees
King.
Occupation
parson of Warton in Kendal
Nature of request
Bylton requests that the chancellor be commanded to make the record and process of a suit brought by the king against him and others by which he was ousted from his church of Warton, be brought before the justices of King's Bench and the errors be examined and redress be made to him according to the laws of the land.
Nature of endorsement
Let the petition be sent into Chancery, and let justice be done to the petitioner in accordance with the purport of the petition and as the law demands.
Places mentioned
Warton in Kendal (Warton), [Lancashire].
People mentioned
Robert Belknap, justice of the Common Bench.
Note
The petition is dated to? 1389 on the basis of apparently contradictory entries in the patent rolls of August and November 1389 in the former of which it would seem that the petitioner had exchanged the church of Warton for another living, and in the latter of which the petitioner's estate in the church of Warton is ratified (CPR 1388-92, pp.108, 130).
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. IV, 1388-1392, (Public Record Office, 1902), pp.108, 130 (exchange of the church by the petitioner, and ratification of petitioner's estate in the church)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440210/

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