HOSPITALLER SOURCES 1354

22 January, 1354
Memorandum that on the day of St. Vincent, to wit 22 January, Fr. Roger de Mitlyton, Fr. Hugh Archer, Fr. Thomas Pipard and other brethren and preceptors of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England presented to King [Edward III] in the Tower of London, in his chamber near the great hall towards the Thames, on behalf of their superior master of the said Hospital of Rhodes, Fr. John Pavely whom the said master had appointed prior of the said Hospital in England, beseeching the king to admit John as prior, to administer the things which pertain to the Hospital in England and to dispose thereof. And those presenting asserted that no prior had ever done fealty to the king hitherto save once when Fr. Leonard de Tibertis of Monteleone (de Monte Leonis), late prior, did fealty to the king under protest that it should not turn to the prejudice of the Hospital, and the king admitted John as prior in the form aforesaid, and at the order of the king and of the council, then present, the prior did fealty to the king under like protest. (TNA, Close Rolls Edw III, membrane 30d / Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III, 1354-1366, p. 54)

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