William Gainsborough, Bishop of Worcester. Gainsborough William King. Worcester diocese...

Petitioners

William Gainsborough, Bishop of Worcester.

Name(s)

Gainsborough, William

Addressees

King.

Places mentioned

Worcester diocese

Elington, [Berkshire]

London diocese

York.

Nature of request

[The petition is clearly cut from a longer series of petitions from the same petitioner. Petition in three parts]. 1) The bishop requests relief for him and his diocese of the tenth for the time that the king took all the issues of the diocese. 2) He requests that neither he nor his tenants should be distrained any further for the subsidy granted from knights' fees for the marriage of the king's eldest daughter as it was granted before his time and has been levied in other places. 3) He requests that he is able to be certified if any of his predecessors were bound in anything to the king and how much.

Nature of endorsement

[On face:]1) He should wait until the return of the others of the council of the king at York. 2) He should wait as above. 3) Let the rolls be examined, and let it be certified etc., and let it be ordered to the executors of the deceased bishop, namely Berton, Dyvyses, Rodebergh and Stanway, a writ is to be made to the executors returnable at the quindene of St John the Baptist so that the executors should be at the Exchequer at York at the same day etc. to do what is contained in the writ etc.

For another part of this petition, see SC 8/320/E429