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Richard de Wotton, chaplain, prebendary of Bonehill in the collegiate church of Tamworth....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/13/612

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Reference
SC 8/13/612
Date
[1348]
Description
Petitioners
Richard de Wotton, chaplain, prebendary of Bonehill in the collegiate church of Tamworth.
Name(s)
de Wotton, Richard
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
prebendary of Bonehill in the collegiate church of Tamworth
Nature of request
Wotton shows that he has served Edward II and Edward III as controller of the Exchequer, but he is now old, of no power and blind so that he cannot defend himself or work. John de Tamworth comes and has obtained a collation from the king and has tried everyway possible to oust Wotton from the prebend. He requests that the king order the revocation of the collation, and ratify, confirm and approve the estate of Wotton in the prebend so that he can enjoy it without hindrance.
Nature of endorsement
Coram cancellario.
Places mentioned
Bonehill, [Staffordshire]
Tamworth, [Staffordshire].
People mentioned
John de Tamworth, clerk
Baldwin de Freville [the father]
Baldwin de Freville [the son].
Note
This is dated to 1348 by the details given in Rot. Parl., vol II, p.175. This seems to be correct, for on 28 January 1348 Wotton had his estate ratified (CPR 1348-50, p.5). See also PROME, parliament of January-February 1348, appendix, no. 30 (summary of petition).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8911
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VIII, 1348-1350, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.5 (ratification of Wotton's estate) & p.37 (exchange of the prebend by Wotton)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.181b (no.26) (full edition of a later copy 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), parliament of January-February 1348, appendix, no. 30 (summary of petition and references)
Record URL
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