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Robert de Warthecopp, parson of Washington. de Warthecopp Robert King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/260/12967

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Reference
SC 8/260/12967
Date
[1353-1366]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Warthecopp, parson of Washington.
Name(s)
de Warthecopp, Robert
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
parson of Washington
Nature of request
Robert de Warthecopp, parson of the church of Wessington, states that he is prepared to pay the tenth granted to the King, but that his church is charged with a portion and several pensions appropriated to various religious houses in the diocese of Durham and the collectors of the tax in the diocese, out of favour to these religious, have included these in the sum to be assessed for the tenth and levied the whole amount from him. He requests a writ to the collectors that the holders of these portion and pensions might be charged with the tenth, each one according to his share, and that an allowance might be given to Robert in what they have levied beyond the proper amount.
Nature of endorsement
He is to have a writ to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to have the said religious appear before them on a certain day to show any evidence they have why they should not be charged with the tenth, each according to the pensions and portions that they receive from the said church and there, when the arguments on one side and the other [have been heard], justice and reason are further to be done to the parson.
Places mentioned
Washington, [County Durham]
Durham diocese.
Note
Dated to 1353-1366 by Northern Petitions pp.190-2 (no.143).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.190-2 (no.143) (full edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9516911/

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