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William Bramley, Abbot of Rievaulx. Bramley William John, Archbishop of York, Chancellor....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/306/15287

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Reference
SC 8/306/15287
Date
[c. 1426]
Description
Petitioners
William Bramley, Abbot of Rievaulx.
Name(s)
Bramley, William
Addressees
John, Archbishop of York, Chancellor.
Occupation
Abbot of Rievaulx
Nature of request
Bramley requests remedy because whereas it was announced at the Parliament at Leicester by William, abbot of Beaulieu that Bramley had been restored as abbot of Rievaulx, but determined at the same Parliament that neither he nor Burton, who usurped possession of the abbey, should occupy the same while their case was pending in the Court of Rome, yet on 22 March last Bramley, on his way to York, had stopped outside Doncaster at sunset when Burton and his armed companions would have killed him if Greystoke had not intervened, and Burton then entered into Rievaulx abbey, contrary to the decision made in parliament.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Rievaulx, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
York
Leicester, [Leicestershire]
Belliloci Regis (Beaulieu), [Southampton]
Rome, [Italy]
Doncaster, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
John [Kemp], Archbishop of York, Chancellor
William, Abbot of Beaulieu
Henry Burton
[John de Greystoke], Baron de Graystok (Greystoke).
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1426 since it is addressed to the archbishop of York as chancellor and refers to the Parliament at Leicester, and with reference to CPR 1422-9, p. 300, a 1425 commission to enquire into Burton and his companions' theft of Rievaulx abbey's goods, jewels and common seal and to restore the same and to enquire into and arrest several monks wandering the country at their pleasure.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. I, 1422-1429 , (Public Record Office, 1901), p.300 (1325 commission to enquire into Burton and his companions' theft of Rievaulx abbey's goods, jewels and common seal and to restore the same and to enquire into and arrest several monks wandering the country at their pleasure)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518342/

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