Close Rolls, Edward III: January 1377

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 14, 1374-1377. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1913.

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'Close Rolls, Edward III: January 1377', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 14, 1374-1377, (London, 1913) pp. 470. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol14/p470 [accessed 13 April 2024]

January 1377

Jan. 16.
Westminster.		 To the abbot of Evesham. Special summons to be present at the parliament at Westminster in the quinzaine of St. Hilary next for urgent causes affecting the estate and defence of the realm and church of England, although the king by letters patent has granted the abbot for life that he should not be bound to come to any parliament, remembering that he is charged by the king to be present every year with certain his monks in solemn apparel at the anniversary of the late king at Gloucester where his body rests; as in matters so difficult and urgent the king reckons upon the advantage of the said abbot's discretion, without which and the counsel of other the prelates, lords and great men there summoned the king would not deal with the business aforesaid.
[Rep. on Dignity of a Peer, iv. p. 672.]
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