John Corbet, brother and heir of Peter Corbet; Henry de la Pomeroy (Pomeray), son...

Petitioners

John Corbet, brother and heir of Peter Corbet; Henry de la Pomeroy (Pomeray), son and heir of Henry de la Pomeroy (Pomeray).

Name(s)

Corbet; Pomeroy; Pomeray, Henry

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

John Corbet and Henry de la Pomeroy state that Peter Corbet, John's brother, and Henry de la Pomeroy, Henry's father, whose heirs they are, in the time of Edward I sued by petition in parliament to claim the castle of Trematon and the villages of Saltash, Sutton, Tamerton, Makerton and Calstock, with the fees appertaining to them, as their right and reversion, because Roger de Vautort their kinsman, whose heirs they are, gave the castle and manors to Richard King of Almain and Earl of Cornwall and to his heirs engendered of his body, with the reversion to Roger in default of such heirs. The king ordered Roger de Brabazon and his companions to do justice to Piers and Henry, and they sued before him for a long time, but just when judgment was about to be given, Henry died, leaving his son under age and in the king's wardship, so that nothing could be done until he came of age. When he was of age they sued again, and in the York parliament it was decided that there was no reason why the king should not give them their inheritance, but Henry le Espigurnel suggested that the queen be asked if she knew of a reason. In the last parliament at Westminster her counsel could not find one, and asked if they wanted to receive money or land. Thus their right has been sinfully delayed and they have had to sue from parliament to parliament. They request justice and a remedy.

Nature of endorsement

Coram rege. [A further endorsement on SC 8/18/875B]

Places mentioned

Trematon, [Cornwall]

Esse (Saltash), [Cornwall]

Sutton (Plymouth) [Devon]

Tamerton (King's Tamerton), [Cornwall]

Makerton (Maker), [Cornwall]

Calstock, [Cornwall]

Everwyk (York)

Westminster.

People mentioned

Peter Corbet, brother of one of the petitioners

Henry de la Pomeroy (Pomeray), father of one of the petitioners

Roger de Vautort

Richard [of Cornwall], Earl of Cornwall

Roger de Brabazon

John de Cestre (Chester)

Henry le Espigurnel (Spigurnel)

[Isabella of France], Queen of England.

Related legal proceedings are on m.5 in KB 27/180

A letter formerly attached to this petition is SC 8/18/875B

A related petition is SC 8/40/1998

A petition concerning another part of the petitioners' inheritance is SC 8/66/3253

An earlier related petition is SC 8/3/114

A related charter is SC 8/3/116

A later related petition is SC 8/18/876

• Rotuli Parliamentorum Anglie Hactenus Inediti, Ed. H.G. Richardson and G.O. Sayles, (Camden Society, 3rd Series, vol. LI, 1935), pp.170-173 (full edition of original petition and later English summary of the same or related petition with a different endorsement)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.438b, no. 74 (later English summary of the same or related petition with different endorsement)
• 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 25, appendix, no.40 (a summary and edition of related documents for an earlier related petition)