| 1269.002ss |
1269 |
Northampton Eyre |
Debt |
Aliter de debito predecessoris quassati |
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0 |
Hen. 3 |
Northants. 1 |
122 SS 37 |
| the Justices |
Burnel |
William |
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Petronilla (Parnel), predecessor prioress
Canterbury, Archbishop of |
Canterbury, see of (sedis Cant') |
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| Willelmus Brunel tulit breve versus priorissam de Northampton' racione quia idem Willelmus accomodavit |
23 |
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Cluniac Abbey (nuns) of St. Mary Delapre, east of Northampton, Northamptonshire. Boniface of Savoy was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1 Feb. 1241 to 18 Jul. 1270. |
headnote: otherwise of the death of a predecessor removed from office
defendant prioress pleaded that she who incurred the debt was never prioress by election and consent of her chapter but only by the order of the bishop who had ordered her to be prioress, and so the convent of the house had appealed to the tuition of the see of Canterbury and it was quashed in the same court by the Archbishop
demand for 20 pounds
Brand: An action of Debt was brought against a prioress for money loaned to her predecessor. The prioress pleaded in bar that the prioress concerned had been appointed by the ordinary and not elected and had been removed from office by the court of Canterbury at the suit of the house as improperly appointed. The plaintiff said that was tantamount to an admission that she had held office but had been removed (and so could have contracted a debt while in office). Under questioning from the justices the prioress admitted that her predecessor had exercised control of the property of the house. On this basis the court gave judgment for the plaintiff.
(debt)
(right?) |
| BL MS Harley 493B, fols. 140r-140v |
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| Paul A. Brand, The Earliest English Law Reports, vol. 3, 122 SS 37 (London 2005) (?69 Northants. 1) |
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