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John de Ludelawe (Ludlow), monk of Bermondsey. de Ludelawe (Ludlow) John King and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/338/E1198

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Reference
SC 8/338/E1198
Date
[1320-1321]
Description
Petitioners
John de Ludelawe (Ludlow), monk of Bermondsey.
Name(s)
de Ludelawe (Ludlow), John
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
monk of Bermondsey
Nature of request
Ludelawe requests remedy as he was appointed by commission with Haselshagh as keepers of the house of Bermondsey to improve the house as they saw fit, but the prior wishing to spend and waste the goods of the house at will, has done all the evil that he can so that the house cannot be sustained, and has procured his kinsman to have Ludelawe attached to be before the marshals and stewards and had him imprisoned for taking money from the house, and has procured to have himself attached to be before the marshals and stewards, and by his default has sought to do the house harm to its great damage.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Bermondsey, [Surrey].
People mentioned
Robert de Haselshagh
[Peter de Sancto Laurentio], Prior of Bermondsey
Peter de Seynt Lorenz (Sancto Laurentio), kinsman of the prior of Bermondsey.
Note
The petition is dated to 1320-1321 as the petitioner and Robert de Haselshagh were made keepers on 20 November 1320, and the order to restore the prior was not made until 1 October 1321 (CPR 1317-21, p. 529; CCR 1318-23, p. 403).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.344-5 (request to the mother house to recall the prior) & p.403 (order to restore the house's goods to the prior)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.457 (appointment of keepers) & p.513 (order for the restoration of the priory to the prior) & p.529 (appointment of the petitioner and Haselshagh as keepers)
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