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William de Stratton. de Stratton William King and council. Stratton requests that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/1/11

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Reference
SC 8/1/11
Date
[1290]
Description
Petitioners
William de Stratton.
Name(s)
de Stratton, William
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Stratton requests that the king and council order the abbot of Westminster and the steward of the convent that they be before them on a certain day to respond to Stratton as to why they will not return a messuage and a carucate of land in Theobald Street in which Stratton was jointly enfeoffed with Adam his brother according to the purport of a charter of enfeoffment. They have allowed their chattels to be removed and made other waste against the prohibition of the king, and he requests that they surcease by the king's writ to the next parliament so that justice can be done between them before the king and council.
Nature of endorsement
He should have a writ in Chancery according to his case.
Places mentioned
Titeburst (Theobald Street), [Hertforshire]
People mentioned
Abbot of Westminster
steward of the convent of Westminster
Adam [de Stratton] brother of the petitioner.
Note
The petition is dated to 1290 and this is derived from the date assigned in Rot. Parl., vol I, p.54a.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7303
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.54a (no.96)(Latin summary of a related, but slightly earlier petition)
  • 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.117 (edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060123/

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