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Abbot and convent of Our Lady of York (St Mary's, York). King. [Petition in 2 parts:]1)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/315/E199

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SC 8/315/E199
Date
[1302]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and convent of Our Lady of York (St Mary's, York).
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
[Petition in 2 parts:]1) The abbot and convent request remedy as they were granted free passage on the Ouse and Ure from York to Boroughbridge for all manner of ships and boats carrying their goods by the earl of Cornwall following a legal suit concerning their pre-existing prescriptive rights to the same, but after the earl's death the king's bailiffs at Boroughbridge and Knaresborough come and disturb them. The have been to the Exchequer but nothing has been done.2) They request confirmation of their charters.
Nature of endorsement
Concerning the first petition the justices of the Bench recorded that the king ordered them by his writ that they enquire upon certain articles concerning the water, and that they should certify the king etc., the taking of which inquisition is delayed as the justices are well certified fro the king, therefore they should wait etc.Concerning the confirmation of their charters they should go to the Exchequer and make a fine etc.
Places mentioned
York
Boroughbridge, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
Knaresborough, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
River Ouse, [Yorkshire]
River Ure, [Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Edmund [of Almaine], earl of Cornwall.
Note
The petition is dated to 1302 as the petition belongs to an original file of petitions returned to the Exchequer from the summer parliament of 1302. For a confirmation of this dating, see SC 8/314/E107.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
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.2 (summary of this file)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529251/

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