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1 .   TNA - SC 8/92/4589
Entry Type: Petition
Summary: Botiller, a prisoner in the archbishop's prison, complains that while he has been there, John le Botiller has brought an assize of novel disseisin against him, which he has lost by default as he could not attend. He is now about to be outlawed, and requests that this be stopped. Response that, if this is true, his outlawry should be stayed while he is in prison.
Language: French
Note: Appears to date to some point between the issuing of the archbishop's letters patent on 4 September 1320 (SC 8/92/4588) and the order for Andrew's restoration on 12 March 1321 (CCR 1318-23, p. 632). This document was formerly attached to the certification from Melton at SC 8/92/4588. For further details of Botiller's alleged crimes, see BIA, Reg. 9B, fol. 412r.
Dates: 1320/09/04, 1323/03/12
People and Groups: Addressee/s: King and Council; Sender/s: Andrew le Botiller [Butler] of Stainton; Person/s: [William de Melton], archbishop of York, John le Botiller [Butler];
Places: Stainton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
2 .   TNA - CPR 1334-8, p.511, entry 2
Summary: Commission of oyer and terminer to Willoughby, Hillary and Parnyng on complaint by Archbishop Melton that certain armed people by night broke the gates of his manor of Ripon and the doors of his houses, and his prison there for condemned clerks, and took away many clerks there, both those convicted before the king's justices and sent to him as the ordinary, and others taken in the liberty of Ripon, and also carried off his goods. Vacated. Similar for persons who broke the king's gaol of Ripon and took away the prisoners there. Also vacated.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1337/08/11
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Richard de Wylughby [Willoughby], Robert Parnyng, Roger Hillary; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: William [Melton], archbishop of York;
Places: London, Tower of London, London, England, Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
3 .   TNA - CPR 1343-5, p.67
Summary: Commission to Umfraville or his representative, on complaint by the people of Northumberland and Cumberland that people of the earl's lordship have come into those counties, the queen's liberty of Tynedale, the archbishop's liberty of Hexham and the bishop of Durham's liberty, pretending to be Scots, have taken prisoners, extorted ransoms, killed some and taken booty, that he should deliver those indicted according to the law.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1343/01/28
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Gilbert de Umfraville (Umframvill), earl of Angus, lord of Redesdale; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: Philippa [of Hainault], queen of England;
Places: Kennington, Lambeth, Surrey, England, Hexham and Hexhamshire, Northumberland, England, Tynedale, Northumberland, England
4 .   TNA - CPR 1343-5, p.88
Summary: Mandate for three years to Archbishop Zouche within Hexham liberty, following complaints by the people of Northumberland and Cumberland that people from that liberty come into those counties, and the liberties of the queen, the earl of Angus and the bishop of Durham, pretending to be Scots, taking prisoners, ransoms and booty, that he should deliver those indicted according to the law.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1343/05/10
People and Groups: Addressee/s: William [Zouche], archbishop of York; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: Philippa [of Hainault], queen of England;
Places: Westminster, Middlesex, England, Hexham and Hexhamshire, Northumberland, England, Tynedale, Northumberland, England
5 .   TNA - CPR 1345-8, p.80
Summary: Pardon to Beste, at the request of Lancaster, for breaching the king's and the archbishop of York's prison at Ripon on 1 August 1338 and releasing Manby and Seton, who had been convicted at Nottingham of the killing of Coppendale at Barton upon Humber, and two other prisoners, and stealing locks and other items worth £10.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1346/05/10
People and Groups: Addressee/s: John le Beste of Killinghall; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: Robert de Seton of Beverley, clerk, John Manby of Beverley, clerk, Henry, earl of Lancaster, Adam de Coppendale;
Places: Westminster, Middlesex, England, Killinghall, Ripley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Barton upon Humber, Lincolnshire, England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
6 .   TNA - CPR 1358-61, p.482
Summary: Commission of oyer and terminer to Moubray and others, on the complaint by Archbishop Thoresby that Gylyot and others broke his prison at Ripon, released the prisoners and assaulted his servants.
Language: Latin
Note: Followed by a similar entry, dated 9 September, concerning people who broke the king's gaol in Ripon and released William Gylot, formerly servant of Robert Wadestere of Alford and others.
Dates: 1360/09/08
People and Groups: Addressee/s: John de Moubray [Mowbray]; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: John [Thoresby], archbishop of York, Richard Gylyot of Ripon;
Places: Westminster, Middlesex, England, Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
7 .   TNA - CPR 1361-4, p.68
Summary: Commission of oyer and terminer to Moubray and others on complaint by Archbishop Thoresby that Gyliot and others broke his prison at Ripon, released the prisoners and assaulted his men.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1361/05/20
People and Groups: Addressee/s: John de Moubray [Mowbray]; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: John [Thoresby], archbishop of York, Richard Gyliot of Ripon;
Places: Westminster, Middlesex, England, Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
8 .   TNA - C 269/16/11
Entry Type: Return of writ, Writ
Summary: Writ ordering enquiry into the numbers of parish churches, chapels and prebends in Cumberland for the parish subsidy granted in 1371. The results were to be returned by two MPs to a council in Winchester at the octave of Trinity. Response states that Whitlawe was a prisoner of the Scots, and Osberne was to replace him. A list of 96 parishes is attached, and the return also gives details of various chapels, etc.
Language: Latin
Note: Both documents are badly galled and illegible in places. Place of dating assumed by comparison with TNA C 269/16/12.
Dates: 1371/04/27
People and Groups: Addressee/s: [Adam Parnyng,] sheriff of Cumberland; Sender/s: Edward III, king of England; Person/s: John de Whitlawe, citizen of Carlisle, MP, Gilbert Culwenne, knight, MP, William Osberne;
Places: Westminster, Middlesex, England, Carlisle, Cumberland, England, Winchester, Hampshire, England
9 .   TNA - CPR 1385-9, p.125
Summary: Pardon to Archbishop Neville for all escapes of prisoners from his gaols at York or elsewhere.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1386/01/28
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Alexander [Neville], archbishop of York; Sender/s: Richard II, king of England;
Places: Windsor, Berkshire, England, York City, York, York, England
10 .   TNA - CPR 1388-92, p.328
Summary: Pardon to Archbishop Arundel for the escape of various prisoners (named) from his prison at York, afterwards recaptured.
Language: Latin
Dates: 1390/07/30
People and Groups: Addressee/s: Thomas [Arundel], archbishop of York; Sender/s: Richard II, king of England;
Places: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, York City, York, York, England


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