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William de Wasthulle (Wast Hills). de Wasthulle ; Wast Hills William King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/1/2

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Reference
SC 8/1/2
Date
[1290]
Description
Petitioners
William de Wasthulle (Wast Hills).
Name(s)
de Wasthulle ; Wast Hills, William
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Wasthulle complains that he and his children are destitute and disseised from 2 messuages and 3 carucates of land which they had in Worcestershire in Alvechurch and Tredington by Matthew Cheker, who was of the king's household, Wasthulle taking nothing from him, and Cheker having no right except by a false fine which he levied in deceipt of the king's court, and has given the messuages to Godfrey bishop of Worcester who now holds them. Because Cheker is of the king's council, he is unable to accuse him of menace and disinheritance which he has made in his fee. Wasthulle prays that Cheker be attached by his body to be before the king on a certain day to prove on this treason in all things which the king's court wishes to consider.
Nature of endorsement
Patet in rotulo.
Places mentioned
Alvechyrche (Alvechurch), Worcestershire
Tredington, Worcestershire
People mentioned
Matthew Cheker [of the Exchequer] of the king's household.
Note
Dated from the entry on Rot. Parl., vol I. p.13 for the parliaments at St Hillary and after Easter 1290.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8416
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1288-1296, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.56 (enrolment of a grant by the bishop of Worcester to the king of land granted to the bishop by William de Wasthulle)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.22a-b (no.9) (judicial process following from petition); p.57b (no.144) (corrupt Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 02, appendix, no. 172 (edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060114/

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