Robert de Wodehous (Woodhouse), Archdeacon of Richmond. de Wodehous (Woodhouse) Robert...

Petitioners

Robert de Wodehous (Woodhouse), Archdeacon of Richmond.

Name(s)

de Wodehous (Woodhouse), Robert

Addressees

King and council.

Occupation

Archdeacon of Richmond

Nature of request

Wodehous requests that whereas he brought a writ of darrein presentment before Herle and his companions against the prior of Pontefract concerning the advowson of the church of St Sampson, York, an inquisition into which is pending, and because of the non-appearance of Wodehous's attorney the prior recovered the presentation, and now the prior has sued to have a confirmation of a voided charter that never held force, that no confirmation be granted until the inquisition is completed.

Nature of endorsement

It shall be done.

Places mentioned

Richmond, [North Riding of Yorkshire]

Pontefract, [West Riding of Yorkshire]

York.

People mentioned

William de Herle, justice of the Common Bench

Prior of Pontefract

Archbishops of York.

For a related petition see SC 8/11/543A

• Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1653 (inquisition into the advowson of St Sampson in accordance with this petition)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.79b (no.28) (edition of petition)
• The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rot. Parl., vol. II, pp.73-89, no.28 (summary of references)