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Abbot of Westminster. Council. Abbot of Westminster The Abbot of Westminster requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/310/15457

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Reference
SC 8/310/15457
Date
[1344-1377]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot of Westminster.
Addressees
Council.
Occupation
Abbot of Westminster
Nature of request
The Abbot of Westminster requests that the justices be ordered to proceed to judgment in the case brought by his predecessor regarding the right of visitation to the hospital of St James by Charing. An inquest had been held, but the case was suspended following the death of Henlee.
Nature of endorsement
[Illegible]
Places mentioned
Westminster
St James by Charing hospital, [Middlesex].
People mentioned
William Lesc[...], justice
William de la Zouche, Treasurer
Thomas de Henlee, former Abbot of Westminster.
Note
This petition formed part of a long-running dispute between the king and the abbot over rights in this hospital. Orders to hold an inquisition on this matter were issued on 3 May 1342, but this was probably not the inquest mentioned here (CPR 1340-3, pp.456-7; the commissioners in 1342 were headed by William Scot, but the illegible surname of the justice does not appear to be Scot, and may be Lescrope). However, the petition itself clearly dates from rather later, and certainly after the death of Abbot Thomas de Henlee in October 1344. Henlee is described as the petitioner's predecessor, but not necessarily his immediate predecessor, and thus the petitioner may or may not be Henlee's successor, Simon de Bircheston (1344-9). William de la Zouche (Treasurer 1337-8, 1338-40) is described as the former Treasurer of 'our lord the king', not the 'late king', which would suggest that the petition dates to the latter part of Edward III's reign.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. V, 1340-1343, (Public Record Office, 1900), pp.456-7 (commission to hold inquisition into this matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682467/

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