| Description | Recites the letters of proxy of Henry of Eastry, prior of Canterbury Cathedral Priory, and the chapter of Canterbury Cathedral Priory, dated 22 Apr 1285 in their chapter house at Canterbury, appointing 'Dominus' Hugh de Derby, clerk, as their proctor, which Hugh submitted to establish his authority to appeal on the priory's behalf.
Also recites the appeal which Hugh submitted in the church of St Mary-le-Bow before the dean of Arches. The priory had brought a case against Mgr Anselm of Eastry, rector of Eastry, before the official of the court of Canterbury. Anselm brought a case of resummons against the priory concerning tithes and other matters. Hugh, on the priory's behalf, objects because no place has been assigned for the criminal hearing in a civil court. The priory also has a papal privilege which prevents it from being summoned outside its precinct to answer the charges in this case, but has been summoned to London before the dean of Arches, acting as the official's commissary. Finally, the priory claims that the points set out in the resummons are the subject of a case still pending before papal judges delegate. The dean of Arches has refused to hear the priory's exceptions. Henry appeals to the official of the court of Canterbury on the priory's behalf, seeks letters of appeal ('apostoli') and submits the priory and its suppporters to the court's protection. The dean of Arches has also refused to provide written copies of the court's acts, so Henry appeals to the official's court of audience ('audiencia').
Notarial sign and attestation of Walter le Noreys, son of the late Robert Lawys, of Kilham, York diocese, notary public, who wrote the document.
Witnesses: Mgr John de Silverston', clerk; Mgr Warren de Bosco, clerk; Mgr Peter of Petham, clerk; Mgr Philip Walrand', clerk; Mgr Thomas de Bodington, clerk; Mgr James of London, clerk; Mgr Robert de Berkhamstede, clerk; Mgr William Bygod, clerk
Endorsed with descriptions as an instrument and letters of proxy in late 13th cent hands. |
| Publication Note | Noted in J B Sheppard, HMC 5th Report Appendix, p442
Listed in Charles Donahue Jr, The Records of the Medieval Ecclesiastical Courts Part II: England (Reports of the Working Group on Church Court Records) Comparative Studies in Continental and Anglo-American Legal history 7 (Berlin, 1994), p81
Case noted in Norma Adams and Charles Donahue Jr, Select Cases from the Ecclesiastical Courts of the Province of Canterbury c1200-1301 (Selden Society 95, 1981), introduction p30, n10 |