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Maud le Heymonger (Haymonger), widow of William le Heymonger of London, and Geoffrey...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/52/2555

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Reference
SC 8/52/2555
Date
[1302]
Description
Petitioners
Maud le Heymonger (Haymonger), widow of William le Heymonger of London, and Geoffrey de Hales and William de Weldone, executors of William le Heymonger's testament
Name(s)
Heymonger (Haymonger); de Hales; de Weldone, Maud; Geoffrey; William
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
The petitioners state that when they went to William de Orthyngborugh, official and commissary of the Archdeacon of London and Walter his clerk, to prove the testament of William le Heymonger, and to have administration of his goods, they broke the seals of the testament and kept it with them, so that, by the usages of the city of London they have no warrant to administer the testament according to the will of the testator. They request a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
She is to go to Chancery and take action for herself by a writ of trespass if it seems to her that it will help her.
Places mentioned
London
People mentioned
William le Heymonger (Haymonger) of London, late husband of the petitioner
William de Orthyngborugh, official and commissary of the Archdeacon of London
Walter, clerk of William de Orthyngborugh
John de Bedeford (Bedford), Archdeacon of London
Note
Dated to 1302 by the inclusion of a Latin summary on the parliament roll SC 9/25, which contains summaries of petitions from the summer parliament of 1302.
Related material

A Latin summary of this petition appears on m.1 of the unedited parliament roll SC 9/25

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4002
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
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), 1302, summer parliament, appendix, petitions belonging to this parliament and not otherwise recorded, no.3 (8) (brief listing of petition) & roll 25, appendix, no.8 (full edition and translation)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062770/

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