Edmund de Passelee and Margaret de Passelee his wife. de Passelee; de Passelee Edmund;...

Petitioners

Edmund de Passelee and Margaret de Passelee his wife.

Name(s)

de Passelee; de Passelee, Edmund; Margaret

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

Edmund de Passelee and Margaret his wife state that Ralph de Normanville, Margaret's grandfather, whose heir she is, held by the king's charter the bailiwick of Sheriff of Rutland, for himself and his heirs. This bailiwick came into the king's hand because of the minority of Thomas, Ralph's son, at the time of his father's death, and remained there because of Margaret's minority when she succeeded. They request that justice be done for them.

Nature of endorsement

They are to show the charter in Chancery and have a writ to the Treasurer and Chamberlains of the Exchequer to search to see whether that office of sheriff came into the king's hand for that reason or another; and if another then for what reason and at what time and how and in what way. And they are to inform the king in Chancery and nevertheless the inquisitions returned in Chancery concerning the aforesaid are to be examined, so that what is just may further etc.

Places mentioned

Rutland.

People mentioned

Ralph de Normanville, hereditary Sheriff of Rutland, grandfather of Margaret de Passelee

Thomas [de Normanville], father of Margaret de Passelee.

A related document is no. 22 of E 192/1

For another petition suggesting that Margaret de Passele was not Edmund de Passele's real wife, see SC 8/266/13293