John Burdet, monk of the abbey of St Wandrille in Normandy. Burdet John King and...

Petitioners

John Burdet, monk of the abbey of St Wandrille in Normandy.

Name(s)

Burdet, John

Addressees

King and lords of parliament.

Occupation

monk of the abbey of St Wandrille in Normandy

Nature of request

John Burdet, monk of the abbey of St Wandrille in Normandy, makes two requests:1) He states that his abbey has held, from time immemorial, the priory of Ecclesfield in the diocese of York, of the grant of the king's progenitors and the confirmation of several kings and popes. John held this priory when it was in the king's hand by reason of the war for 40 marks annually, until lately, when, through a false accusation at the suit of Henry Medbourne, clerk and chaplain to Lord Latimer, who was presented by the king to the priory, and through imprisonment, intimidation and the appointing of a biased jury, the result of Lord Latimer's maintenance, John has been wrongly expelled, and the king will lose his 40 marks. John requests a remedy, so that he might be restored to the priory.2) He states that since he has been in possession of the priory, Henry Medbourne has committed waste and destruction in buildings and in woods, to the sum of 300 marks. He requests a remedy.

Nature of endorsement

[None]

Places mentioned

St Wandrille abbey, Normandy, [France]

Ecclesfield, [West Riding of Yorkshire]

York diocese.

People mentioned

Honorius, Pope

Clement, Pope

Gregory, Pope

Henry Medbourne, chaplain to Lord Latimer

[William le Latimer], Lord Latimer.

For a transcript, see no.3 of PRO 31/7/105

For a later related petition see SC 8/107/5323

• Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. VIII, Edw III, 1368-1377, (Public Record Office, 1924), p.362 (order to the Escheator in Yorkshire to inquire into the abbey's holdings in Ecclesfield, and to take them into the king's hand, except for the fruits, provents and glebe of the church)
• Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. III, 22-51 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1937), no.1003 (inquisition on this matter)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.329b-330a (enrolment of related common petition on parliament roll)
• 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), parliament of 1376, Appendix no.2(summary of petition and references)