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Thomas de Seint Auban (St Albans), canon of Southwell, executor of William de Greenfield,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/277/13804

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Reference
SC 8/277/13804
Date
[c. 1316]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de Seint Auban (St Albans), canon of Southwell, executor of William de Greenfield, late Archbishop of York; William Greenfield, son of Robert de Greenfield, executor of William de Greenfield, late Archbishop of York.
Name(s)
de Seint Auban (St Albans); Greenfield, Thomas; William ;
Addressees
[King].
Occupation
canon of Southwell
Nature of request
Seint Auban and Greenfield request due allowance or compensation for 100s. for a chantry of Ripon, £88 17s 5½d of a fifteenth granted to the King by the clergy of York and £100 for an aid of 12d on the mark granted to the King in the seventh year [1313-14], since after the archbishop's death the keepers of the temporalities of the archbishop on the King's behalf took goods and chattels ... so that the execution of the testament is in arrears and is now demanded by summons.
Nature of endorsement
They should show in Chancery that they are executors and have a writ ordering the treasurer and barons etc. to view the keepers' accounts, if found, to see if as much is due as the bill purports, allowing to the executors what they owe to the King in the amount which is due to them.
Places mentioned
Southwell, [Nottinghamshire]
York
Ripon, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Robert de Grenefeld (Greenfield)
William de Grenefeld (Greenfield), late Archbishop of York.
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1316, with reference to CPR 1313-17, p. 382, a grant to the executors of the archbishop of York of free administration of his testament, excepting corn and animals in the archbishop's manors.
Related material

For a related petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/68/3361

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, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.382 (grant to executors of archbishop of York of free administration of his testament, excepting corn and animals in the archbishop's manors)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517751/

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