William de Wellesley. de Wellesley William King. Wellesley shows that he had the...

Petitioners

William de Wellesley.

Name(s)

de Wellesley, William

Addressees

King.

Nature of request

Wellesley shows that he had the keeping of the castle of Kildare, but was ousted from it by a subsequent grant of the king. When the Scots came he agreed to maintain the castle, for the costs of which he received the keeping of the wardship of the lands of Rale. Botiller holds the lands and will not allow Wellesley to have them so he requests that the king grant him Rale's marriage, and order by writ to the justiciar of Ireland to deliver the keeping of his body and the lands and that he be able to enjoy them without disturbance.

Nature of endorsement

He should come into Chancery with what he has of the gift of the king, and let full justice be done to him there.

Places mentioned

Kildare, [Ireland]

Ireland.

People mentioned

John son of Thomas (Fitz Thomas)

Richard de Rale

Thomas de Botiller.

For a later petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/4/184

For transcript, see no.98 of PRO 31/7/95

• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.217 (grant of the Rale wardship to Wellesley)
• Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.7 (brief calendar)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.385a-b (no.116) (transcription of a later petition on parliament roll by the same petitioner)