Abbot and convent of Vale Royal. King. The abbot and convent of Vale Royal request...

Petitioners

Abbot and convent of Vale Royal.

Addressees

King.

Nature of request

The abbot and convent of Vale Royal request that whereas in response to their petition at the last Parliament held at London the King sent his letters ordering the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to pay £549 arrears of the £1000 which he assigned to the work of their church to be paid by Grey, but the treasurer only gave them £40, that this money be paid them from the farm of the bailiwick of the Peak which is not far from their abbey.

Nature of endorsement

The treasurer and barons of the Exchequer should be ordered by writ of Chancery to examine how much of the debt is in arrears and to assign the farm of High Peak to pay off the said debt, provided that certain men are assigned to oversee that the money is used in the work of their church and not put to other uses.

Places mentioned

Vale Royal, [Cheshire]

London

Cheshire

High Peak, [Derbyshire].

People mentioned

Reginald de Grey, late justice of Cheshire.

For a related petition see SC 8/277/13843

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.247 (order to search Grey's rolls and those of other justices of Cheshire re the £549 in arrears and to cause the petitioners to have full compensation elsewhere)
• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), p.478 (1312 assignment to Vale Royal of £80 which Walter de Waldeshef pays yearly for the farm of the manor of Ashford in the Peak, until £409 still due is satisfied to them)