Committal of Henry de Bello Monte to prison for disobedience to King Edward II, 1323
- Item sets
- Sources
- Name
- Committal of Henry de Bello Monte to prison for disobedience to King Edward II, 1323
- Description
- A bilingual (English/Latin) record from Rymer's Foedera documenting the trial and imprisonment of Baron Henry de Bello Monte for refusing to counsel King Edward II on a truce with Robert de Bruce. The document details the king's council assembled at Bishopthorpe near York in May 1323, including the Archbishop of York, bishops, earls, and justices. Though geographically and temporally distant from 1765, this document exemplifies medieval constitutional procedures regarding counsel, counsel obligation, and baronial privilege — concepts relevant to understanding the later constitutional debates surrounding the Isle of Man Revestment and parliamentary sovereignty.
- Place
- England
- Collection
- Scottish and English Contention
- Type
- Primary Source Transcription
- Date Created
- 1323-05-30
- Creator
- King Edward II
- Audience
- Baron Henry de Bello Monte; Royal Council
- Identifier
- Rymer's Foedera, 16 Ed. II
- Language
- English and Latin