? No Petitioner named Writ of Edward III to the sheriff of Staffordshire, ordering...

Petitioners

? No Petitioner named

Nature of request

Writ of Edward III to the sheriff of Staffordshire, ordering him to summon Hanyngfeld to be in Chancery to show why his collation to the prebend of Cannock in the king's free chapel of Penkridge should not be revoked. The king appointed Hanyngfeld to the prebend, in the hands of the king's father due to the then vacancy in the archbishopric of Dublin, but the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield have claimed that the collation belonged to them by a charter of Richard I.

Nature of endorsement

Response of John de Hynkeley, sheriff.The return of this writ was made by Simon de Cungreve, bailiff of the liberty of the Bishop of Chester, who has return of all writs, who replied that Richard de Hanyngfeld, who has collation to the church of Cannock in the king's free chapel of Penkridge as contained in a writ, is to be before the king himself in Chancery at the quindene of Trinity wherever he shall be, by Adam Trimwyne and John de Lecroft.At which day the said Richard did not come nor was anything shown to the king.

Places mentioned

Staffordshire

Cannock, [Staffordshire]

Pencrich (Penkridge), [Staffordshire]

Lichfield, [Staffordshire]

People mentioned

Edward III, King of England

John de Hynkeley, sheriff of Staffordshire

Richard de Hanyngfeld, prebendary of Cannock

Archbishop of Dublin

Edward II, King of England

Dean and Chapter of Lichfield

Richard I, King of England

Hugh [de Nonant], Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield

Canons of Lichfield

Simon de Cungreve (Congreve), bailiff

Adam Trumwyne

John de Lecroft.

For the petition to which this writ relates see SC 8/310/15489

For another related writ see SC 8/310/15488

For a copy of the charter of Richard I see SC 8/310/15490

For a later related petition reciting this writ and other related documents see SC 8/84/4172

For a related petition see SC 8/208/10359