Catalogue description Petitioners: Prior and Convent of Tortington. Addressees: King. Nature of...

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Details of SC 8/251/12503
Reference: SC 8/251/12503
Description:
Petitioners: Prior and Convent of Tortington.
Addressees: King.
Nature of request: The Prior and Convent of Tortington request the confirmation of their possession of a house and appurtenances in London and the advowson of the church of St Swithin in Candlewick Street, granted to them by Agwylon in the time of Edward I. These were taken into the hands of Edward III after it was adjudged that the gift breached the statute of mortmain, and were granted to the Earl of Arundel, but he and his son have re-granted possession to the Prior.
Nature of endorsement: [None]
Places mentioned: Tortington, [Sussex]; London; St Swithin, [London Stone], London; Candlewick Street, London; Tenter Grounds, [London].
People mentioned: Robert Agwylon (Aguillon), knight; Edward I, King of England; Edward III, King of England; John Lovekyn, Mayor of London; sheriff of London; [Richard FitzAlan], Earl of Arundel; [Richard FitzAlan], Earl of Arundel, son of Richard FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel.
Note: The requested ratification was issued on 11 June 1385.
Date: [1385]
Related material:

For the chancery warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.3673 of C 81/489
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Publication note:

Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.578 (requested ratification)

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