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. TNA - SC 8/153/7613
| Entry Type: | Grant |
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| Summary: | Copy of a charter of Henry III granting the port of Hull to Archbishop Giffard, together with the prises of wine and other merchandise, as Archbishop Gray and his predecessors held it. |
| Language: | Latin |
| Note: | The text is dated to 1267, but this is a copy, dated to c. 1322, along with the petition to which it was formerly attached (SC 8/153/7612). |
| Dates: |
1267/03/20
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| People and Groups: |
Addressee/s: Walter [Giffard], archbishop of York; Sender/s: Henry [III], king of England; Person/s: Walter de Grey [Gray], archbishop of York;
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| Places: |
Canterbury, Kent, England, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
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. TNA - CFR 1307-19, p.266, entry 3
| Summary: | Order to the bailiffs this side of Trent to be intendant to Dalton and the sheriff of Yorkshire, appointed by the king to receive all corn in the manors late of Archbishop Greenfield, deceased, from his executors, and all wines, which Norwyco, Melton and Insula have bought for the king's use, to be taken to Berwick; with order to the sheriff to receive and deliver these goods. |
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| Language: | Latin |
| Dates: |
1315/12/18
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| People and Groups: |
Sender/s: Edward II, king of England; Person/s: William de Melton, keeper of the Wardrobe, William [Greenfield], archbishop of York, Walter de Norwyco [Norwich], treasurer, Ralph de Dalton, king's clerk, John de Insula [Lisle], baron of the Exchequer;
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| Places: |
Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, England
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. TNA - SC 8/153/7612
| Entry Type: | Petition |
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| Summary: | Archbishop Melton complains that his predecessor, Archbishop Wickwane, had his possession of the port of Hull and its prise of wine disturbed by Columbers, and it still remains in the king's hands. He requests remedy. Response that he should show his charter in Chancery, and the chancellor should act accordingly. |
| Language: | French |
| Note: | Dated by TNA to c. 1322. The French endorsement suggests a date around then, but uncertain. Must date to Melton's time as archbishop, 1316-40. It may be contemporary with SC 8/153/7610. |
| Dates: |
1322/00/00
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| People and Groups: |
Addressee/s: King and Council; Sender/s: William [Melton], archbishop of York; Person/s: William Wyckewan [Wickwane], archbishop of York, Walter le Grei [Gray], archbishop of York, Matthew de Columbers, butler of Edward I, Walter Giffard, archbishop of York;
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| Places: |
Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
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. TNA - SC 8/158/7898
| Entry Type: | Petition |
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| Summary: | Largely illegible petition in five parts. Melton requests compensation because he is barred from his homages in Holderness and the manor of [...] by the king's purchase of Holderness; [illegible request]; remedy concerning the taking of prises of wine in the port of Hull, from which he has been ousted by the king's butler; [illegible request regarding quo warranto]; [illegible request concerning the king's butler]. Responses obscured by modern repairs. |
| Language: | French |
| Note: | Dated tentatively to c. 1322-1340, on the basis of a related petition by the same petitioner dating to c. 1322 (SC 8/153/7612), and Melton's death in 1340. |
| Dates: |
1322/00/00, 1340/04/05
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| People and Groups: |
Addressee/s: King and Council; Sender/s: [William de Melton,] archbishop of York; Person/s: Count of Aumale;
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| Places: |
Holderness, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Patrington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, York City, York, York, England
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. TNA - CPR 1324-7, p289
| Summary: | Commission to Scrope, Herle and Denum, on complaint by Archbishop Melton that although King Athelstan granted the then archbishop all liberties in the River Hull, and Henry III granted Archbishop Gray the port of Hull and his prises of wines and other merchandise there, Columbers, then butler to Edward , and his successors have prevented the then archbishop, himself and Archbishop Greenfield from exercising those rights. They are to enquire into this. |
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| Language: | Latin |
| Dates: |
1326/04/21
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| People and Groups: |
Addressee/s: Henry le Scrop [Scrope], William de Herle, John de Denum; Sender/s: Edward II, king of England; Person/s: William [de Melton], archbishop of York, Athelstan, king of England, William de Greenfeld [Greenfield], archbishop of York, Walter de Grey [Gray], archbishop of York, Matthew Columbers, butler to Edward I, Henry III, king of England;
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| Places: |
Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, River Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
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. TNA - SC 1/34/131
| Entry Type: | Petition |
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| Summary: | Archbishop Melton requests the restoration of liberties in the River Hull, granted to the archbishops of York by King Athelstan, and the prises of wines in the river and town of Hull granted to Archbishop Giffard by Henry III. Archbishop Greenfield was dispossessed by Columbers, and he is still dispossessed. Endorsement: Order to Scrope, Herle and [Denum] to make enquiry. |
| Language: | French |
| Note: | Document is badly stained and partially illegible. Commission of enquiry issued on 21 April 1326 (CPR 1324-7, p. 289). See also TNA C 260/42/52. |
| Dates: |
1326/04/21
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| People and Groups: |
Addressee/s: Edward II, king of England; Sender/s: [William de Melton, archbishop of York]; Person/s: Athelstan, king of England, William de Grenefeld [Greenfield], formerly archbishop of York, William de Alberwyk [Abberwick], chancellor of Oxford, Walter Giffard, lately archbishop of York, Henry III, king of England, Matthew le Columber, William de Herle, Henry le Scrope, John [de Denum];
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| Places: |
Westminster, Archbishop's lodgings near, Middlesex, England, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, River Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
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. TNA - SC 8/287/14335
| Entry Type: | Petition |
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| Summary: | The merchants of Gascony state that the Archbishop of York has recovered his prises of wine in the River Hull by judgment in parliament, and takes two tuns of wine from each ship, paying 20s a tun as is right. However, the king's butler still distrains them to pay 2s a tun, and they ask that this be quit. Reply that this is true, and the butler is to be ordered to cease all demands. |
| Language: | French |
| Note: | It is unclear exactly where this petition fits into this long-running dispute, but it may have been presented to the parliament of September 1327. For orders to the king's butlers to allow the archbishop to have the prises, see CCR 1327-30, pp. 51-2, 150-1. |
| Dates: |
1327/00/00
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| People and Groups: |
Addressee/s: King and Council; Sender/s: Merchants of Gascony; Person/s: [Henry of Lancaster], earl of Lancaster, Richard de la Pole, king's butler, [William Melton], archbishop of York, Robert de Malberth [Mablethorpe], Walter de Frisk' [Friskney], Gilbert de Totheby, William de Herle, Thomas Wode;
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| Places: |
River Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, Gascony, France
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. TNA - CCR 1327-30, p.51
| Summary: | Order to Fulsham, or his lieutenant in the port of Hull, to permit Archbishop Melton to have prises of wine in the port of Hull, as his predecessors held them, following extensive investigation (details given). |
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| Language: | Latin |
| Dates: |
1327/03/10
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| People and Groups: |
Addressee/s: Benedict de Fulsham, king's butler; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: Walter de Grey [Gray], archbishop of York, Matthew Columbers, butler of Edward I, William [Melton], archbishop of York, Walter Giffard, archbishop of York, Henry III, king of England, Athelstan, king of England, Edward I, king of England;
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| Places: |
Westminster, Middlesex, England, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
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. TNA - CCR 1327-30, p.150
| Summary: | Order to Pole to remove the king's hands and restore the prises of wines in the port of Hull to Archbishop Melton, according to the order made in parliament. Pole had been ordered to do so, but had refused, saying that they pertained to the king, but Melton claimed that Pole had no right to question the order, and should obey. |
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| Language: | Latin |
| Dates: |
1327/07/17
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| People and Groups: |
Addressee/s: Richard de la Pole, king's butler; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: Henry [Burghersh], bishop of Lincoln, treasurer, John [Hotham], bishop of Ely, chancellor, William [Melton], archbishop of York;
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| Places: |
Durham, Durham, England, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
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. TNA - SC 8/11/515
| Entry Type: | Petition |
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| Summary: | Archbishop Melton complains that the bailiff has wrongfully seized his franchises in the port of Hull into the king's hand, including the prises of wine and the rents of his tenants. He requests a writ to Ispania to cease this, and remedy concerning chattels worth £200. |
| Language: | French |
| Note: | Dated to c.1330 based on related petitions from that year. A commission was issued on the petition of the bailiffs into the archbishop usurping royal rights on 24 July 1330 (CPR 1327-30, pp. 569-70). |
| Dates: |
1330/00/00
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| People and Groups: |
Addressee/s: King and Council; Sender/s: [William de Melton,] archbishop of York; Person/s: John de Ispaignia [Ispania], bailiff of the king in Kingston upon Hull;
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| Places: |
Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
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