Hospital of St Leonard, York. King. It is requested that the sheriffs of the four...

Petitioners

Hospital of St Leonard, York.

Addressees

King.

Nature of request

It is requested that the sheriffs of the four northern counties be commanded not to allow the replevin of distresses until the thrives of corn for which the distresses were taken be rendered. The king's ancestors gave for the support of the paupers of the hospital certain thraves of corn throughout Yorkshire, Cumberland, Lancashire and Westmorland, one thrave from each plough ploughing, the arrears of which thraves have been levied and are still being levied by the king's writ to the sheriffs as the king's own render and debt, those who are distrained come and release their distresses by the common writ of replevin, as a result of which the king's alms are wholly embezzled and spoiled and the maintenance of the said paupers diminished and greatly harmed1)

Nature of endorsement

It cannot be done because it is against the common law.2) Let it remain.3) Before the council in the presence of the treasurer.

Places mentioned

[York]

Yorkshire

Cumberland

Lancashire

Westmorland.

For another petition cut from the same roll of requests by the same petitioners, see SC 8/313/E75

• Select Cases in the Court of King's Bench, vol. III, Edw I, Ed. G.O. Sayles, (Selden Society, vol. LVIII, 1939), p.cxv (entry f) (full edition of petition)
• The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 1302, summer parliament, appendix, petitions belonging to this parliament and not otherwise recorded, no.3 (reference to this petition) & roll 25, appendix, no.19 (full edition and translation)