Robert de Cumberwell. de Cumberwell Robert King and council. 1) Cumberwell requests...

Petitioners

Robert de Cumberwell.

Name(s)

de Cumberwell, Robert

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

1) Cumberwell requests remedy for the grievances done to him by the prior and his ministers in the Isles arresting his boat and goods without award or judgement. He demanded delivery in court, and offered to answer to the prior, but he could not have delivery, and subsequently the boat was destroyed by the enemy, and the receiver of his goods was killed. He requests that the prior be distrained to render his damages that he has had for his default.2) Cumberwell requests that he be put back in possession of his goods and of the keeping of the church of St Ouen until the king has given his will on this. The prior has put men into the parish of St Ouen of which he had the keeping, and put a parson into the church.1)

Nature of endorsement

The prior answered the petition that he distrained the ship because Cumberwell failed to render an account to the prior when he was bailiff in the Isles, and that Cumberwell refused to render account, and the remainder was distrained by the king's order as some of the goods were stolen from a Portuguese ship. Cumberwell replied that the prior rightly distrained the equipage and goods, but had no other authority to distrain.2) The prior came before the commissioners and presented himself against Cumberwell who was in default, therefore it is considered that the prior is quit and is without a day, and Cumberwell is in default of both pleas.3) To the last petition, the prior replied that he had not placed anyone in the church, nor had anyone done so for him. Cumberwell asserted that the content of the petition was true. Both parties desire that the matter be enquired of by the next commission to the Isles.

Places mentioned

Guernsey, [Channel Islands]

Jersey, [Channel Islands].

People mentioned

Henry de Binelard, Prior of Wenlock

Nicholas de Cheny (Cheney)

Henry de Cobham

Geoffrey de Filebek

Otho de Grandison, keeper of the Isles.

For a related petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/104/5152

For a suit before the justices of the common pleas of the island between the parties see m.1 in JUST 1/1158

For a related document see SC 8/265/13234