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Louis (Lewis) de Beaumont, Bishop of Durham. de Beaumont Louis (Lewis) King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/259/12949

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Reference
SC 8/259/12949
Date
[1319-1322]
Description
Petitioners
Louis (Lewis) de Beaumont, Bishop of Durham.
Name(s)
de Beaumont, Louis (Lewis)
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Bishop of Durham
Nature of request
Louis, Bishop of Durham, states that he petitioned the King asking for a remedy in the matter of some lands and an advowson given to his predecessor, Anthony, by John de Bailliol, King of Scotland, within the franchise of Wark in Tynedale, which were taken into the hand of the King's father by means of a scire facias brought against Bishop Anthony in the Carlisle parliament, when Anthony was at the court of Rome on business of his church, and could not be present to defend his right. This petition was answered that the Treasurer and Chamberlains were to be ordered to send the record and process into parliament. They were sent, and are in the keeping of William de Ayermynne. The Bishop asks that justice might be done to him without more delay.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Scotland
Simonburn, [Northumberland]
Wark in Tynedale, [Northumberland]
Grendon, [Northumberland]
Carlisle, [Cumberland]
London.
People mentioned
John, de Bailliol (Balliol), King of Scotland
Anthony [Bek], Bishop of Durham
Edward [I], King of England
William de Ayermynne (Airmyn).
Note
Dated to 1319-1322 by Northumberland Petitions, pp.63-5 (no.49).
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/7/345

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.63-65 (no.49) (calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440562/

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