Archdeacon of Dorset. King and council. Archdeacon of Dorset The Archdeacon of Dorset...

Petitioners

Archdeacon of Dorset.

Addressees

King and council.

Occupation

Archdeacon of Dorset

Nature of request

The Archdeacon of Dorset states that he and his predecessors have always had full jurisdiction in the parish church of Wimborne Minster, the Dean of Wimborne has brought a prohibition, in the form attached to this petition, prohibiting him from having any jurisdiction over the king's free chapel. As the king is bound to uphold the rights of Holy Church, and the Archdeacon does not wish to do anything contrary to this prohibition, even if it has been obtained inappropriately, he requests a remedy.

Nature of endorsement

[On face] Coram rege.[On dorse] Coram rege.He is adjourned.He is adjourned to the morrow.He is adjourned to the Saturday following the Conversion of St Paul.The king will take counsel on this until the next parliament, and the Bishop of St David's, formerly the Archdeacon of Dorset, and the Bishop of Ely, formerly Dean of Wimborne, have been asked to inform the king about the status of the aforesaid deanery and its liberties.

Places mentioned

Wimborne Minster, Dorset.

People mentioned

[Thomas Bek], Bishop of St David's

[John of Kirkby], Bishop of Ely.

For the copy of the prohibition mentioned here, see SC 8/294/14655

• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.52a (no.73) (Latin summary of related 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), roll 02, appendix, no.91 (full edition and translation of original petition)