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William Andrew, Bishop of Meath. Andrew William King. Bishop of Meath Andrew requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/269/13449

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Reference
SC 8/269/13449
Date
[1384]
Description
Petitioners
William Andrew, Bishop of Meath.
Name(s)
Andrew, William
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Bishop of Meath
Nature of request
Andrew requests that he is granted a licence to defend his church, and a licence for Sprot, whom the bishop has presented to the archdeaconry of Meath, to pursue and defend his possession of the office by law of the church. Following Sprot's institution the archbishop of Armagh received Carlisle to the same office by presentation of the king and he was intruded on the possession by force of arms.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Thomas Sprot, clerk, archdeacon of Meath
Archbishop of Armagh
William de Karlell (Carlisle).
People mentioned
Meath archdeaconry, [Ireland].
Note
The petition dates to 1384 as a licence was issued to the bishop and Sprot to pursue their claims on 16 January 1384, though this licence seems to have been issued in response to SC 8/184/9159 and not this particular petition (CPR 1381-5, pp.364-5). The matter seems to have been resolved by March 1384 when Sprot's possession of the office was ratified (CPR 1381-5, p.390).
Related material

For a petition by Sprot on the same matter, see SC 8/184/9159

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. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.364-5, 390 (licence for the bishop to do what pertains to his office, and for Sprot to sue; and ratification of Sprot's estate in the archdeaconry)
  • Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), p.257 (full edition of petition)
  • Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.86 (calendar of petition)
Record URL
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