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Friars minor of Exeter. King. The friars minor of Exeter request licence to enlarge...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/309/15428

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Reference
SC 8/309/15428
Date
[c. 1274-c. 1285]
Description
Petitioners
Friars minor of Exeter.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The friars minor of Exeter request licence to enlarge their court by enclosing part of a way to the south and east, which should be sufficient since men rarely pass that way because of the stench from the neighbouring cesspool. They also request that Sechevile and Pyn or one of them, and Porta and Aleyn or one of them be appointed proctors for the negotiations because Rochester and Forinton, who the King appointed, have never even come to Exeter. Any of the knights named below can be inquisitors and arbiters with the sheriff, that is, St Albans, Cophin, Bikeleye, Nonaunte.
Nature of endorsement
For the friars minor of Exeter in which the King's writ is enclosed.
Places mentioned
Exeter, [Devon].
People mentioned
Warin de Sechevile
[Thomas] de Pyn
Alured de Porta, citizen of Exeter
Richard Aleyn, citizen of Exeter
Solomon de Rouc' (Rochester)
Thomas de Forinton
Mauger de Sancto Albano (St Albans), knight
Richard Cophin, knight
William de Bikeleye, knight
Guy de Nonaunte, knight.
Note
The petition probably dates to c. 1274 when Pyn and St Albans were active Devon and Cornwall (CPR 1272-81, p. 69), but must date to before 1285 when Porta was executed (Franciscans and Dominicans, pp.56-7).
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, Edw I, vol. I, 1272-1281, (Public Record Office, 1901), p.69 (commission of inquiry to Pyn and St Albans in Devon and Cornwall)
  • The Franciscans and Dominicans of Exeter, A.G. Little and R.C. Easterling, (William Salt Archaeological Society, 1927), pp.56-7 (edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529025/

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