Close Rolls, Henry IV: December 1399 | British History Online

Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry IV: Volume 1, 1399-1402. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1927.

'Close Rolls, Henry IV: December 1399', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry IV: Volume 1, 1399-1402, (London, 1927) pp. 106. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/hen4/vol1/p106 [accessed 18 April 2024]

December 1399



Dec. 27. Westminster.	To the sheriffs of the city of York. Order to give notice to Richard archbishop of York to be in chancery in the octaves of the Purification next, which day the king has given to William Cawlay of York of his diocese, in order to shew cause wherefore there ought not to be a stay pending an appeal; writ of supersedeas by mainprise of Thomas Bosewelle, Robert Crane and Thomas Colyngham of Yorkshire and William Wiltshire of Wiltesir, and order to set William Cawlay free, if taken; as at the request of the archbishop, signifying that by his authority as ordinary William Cawlay was excommunicated for contumacy, not willing to be justified by censure of the church, the king ordered the sheriffs to justify him by his body until he should content holy church for his contempt and wrongdoing; but he has appealed to the papal see and for protection of the court of Canterbury, and Thomas Bosewelle and the others have mainperned in chancery that he shall prosecute his appeal, and shall be in chancery at the aforesaid day.