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Lewis (Louis) de Beaumont, Bishop of Durham. de Beaumont Lewis (Louis) Chancellor....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/296/14775

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SC 8/296/14775
Date
[? c. 1329]
Description
Petitioners
Lewis (Louis) de Beaumont, Bishop of Durham.
Name(s)
de Beaumont, Lewis (Louis)
Addressees
Chancellor.
Occupation
Bishop of Durham
Nature of request
Lewis, Bishop of Durham, states that his right to visit the church of Northallerton and other churches in Allertonshire has been wrongly disputed by the Archbishop of York, who is now intending to make a visitation himself. The Bishop of Durham has appealed to the Pope, and the case is pending in court Christian, but, in the meantime, the Archbishop has claimed that there is lay power in the churches, and has obtained writs to the sheriff of Yorkshire and to the great men of those parts to expel it, in order to have himself put in possession by lay power. The Bishop asks that these writs might be repealed, and the lay power expelled on both sides until the plea is determined in court Christian, which has the cognisance in this case. And because writs have been issued to the sheriff of Northumberland to proclaim that no-one should dare to come armed to the aid of the Bishop, to obstruct the Archbishop in his visitation, he asks that similar writs should be issued to the sheriff of Yorkshire, to forbid anyone from coming armed to the aid of the Archbishop.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Northallerton, [North Riding of] Yorkshire
Allertonshire, [North Riding of] Yorkshire
Northumberland.
People mentioned
[William Melton], Archbishop of York
[John XXII], Pope.
Note
Lewis de Beaumont was Bishop of Durham between 1318 and 1333. CCR 1327-30 pp.583-4 is dated 29 October 1329. This involved the church of Leake, near Northallerton, and was probably connected with the dispute mentioned in the petition. A note on the guard states that a petition formerly numbered SC 8/296/14775A was transferred to SC 8/266/13844B on 22 June 1921.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), pp.583-584 (order to the sheriff of York to supersede a previous order to take the posse of the county to remove the lay force from the church of Leake, as a day has now been given to the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Durham to resolve the disputes concerning their churches)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517976/

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