John de Daggeworthe (Dagworth). de Daggeworthe (Dagworth) John King and council....

Petitioners

John de Daggeworthe (Dagworth).

Name(s)

de Daggeworthe (Dagworth), John

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

John de Daggeworthe states that his ancestors were enfeoffed in fee, of the king's progenitors, of the office of usher of the Exchequer, together with that of crier of Common Bench and marshal of all the eyres of England, within franchise and without, taking the fees and profits belonging to this bailiwick and serjeanty. The right to this office descended from Laurence del Eschekere, his grandfather, to his son Simon; he died without an heir of his body, and the office descended to his three sisters, Maud de Daggeworthe, mother of the petitioner, from whom he has inherited a third, by permission of the king and by his charter; Laura Payesorere, who died seised of another third, which he has inherited; and Beatrice Peverel, whose right descended to her son Hamo Peverel, from whom John has purchased it, with the king's permission and charter. However, in the last eyre at the Tower of London, before Henry de Staunton and his companions, Hamo de Chikewelle, mayor of London, and the community of the city, wrongly claimed the office of Marshal, and made their own appointment. He requests that the king send a writ to the treasurer and barons and chamberlains of the exchequer, to have the rolls of eyres searched, from the time of king Henry III, and before, and since, to establish of what estate the kings and the serjeants, his ancestors, were seised in the office of marshal in the ancient eyres, in London and elsewhere.

Nature of endorsement

With regard to this petition, he is to sue a writ in Chancery to have the record of the last eyre of the Tower of London, from the time of Hervey de Staunton, brought before the council.

Places mentioned

London.

People mentioned

Laurence del Eschekere (Exchequer), grandfather of petitioner

Simon [del Eschekere (Exchequer)]

Maud de Daggeworthe (Dagworth), mother of petitioner

Laura Payesorere (Peisorer)

Beatrice Peverel

Hamo Peverel

Hamo de Chikewelle (Chigwell), mayor of London

Harvey (Hervey) de Staunton (Stanton), justice

Community of the city of London

For an earlier related petition by the same petitioner and another, see SC 8/8/381

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/194/9665

For a related petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/8/384

• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.426b-427a, no.41 (full edition of a later copy of the original petition); p.427a-b, no.41 (edition of a later copy of a related 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. 416-429, no. 41 (summary of references)