George de Brithmereston (Brigmerston). de Brithmereston (Brigmerston) George King...

Petitioners

George de Brithmereston (Brigmerston).

Name(s)

de Brithmereston (Brigmerston), George

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

Brithmereston states that he was indicted of felony in the county court of Wiltshire, and imprisoned until he was handed over to the present bishop of Salisbury as a convicted clerk, and then purged and released. He then sued a writ of the king to the sheriff of Wiltshire for delivery of his lands and goods, and also of a messuage and a carucate of land with appurtenances in Brigmerston, which Maurice de Berkeleye the father and Maurice de Berkeleye the son had seized while he was in prison; but through collusion between Maurice de Berkeleye and the sheriff, he could not have delivery of this land. He requests a writ to the sheriff of Wiltshire to enquire into the truth of this, and, if it should be proved to be true, he requests the king to order the delivery of the land.

Nature of endorsement

Because Maurice is in prison, he is to await his release.

Places mentioned

(Wiltshire)

Brithmereston (Brigmerston), [Wiltshire].

People mentioned

[Roger Martival], bishop of Salisbury

Sheriff of Wiltshire

Maurice de Berkeleye, the elder, Maurice de Berkeleye, the younger.

For another petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/5/227

• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.396a-b, no.51 (full edition of original 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), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rot. Parl., vol. I, pp. 387-415, no. 51 (summary of references)