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Roger de Mortemer (Mortimer) of Wigmore. de Mortemer (Mortimer) Roger King. Roger...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/86/4291

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Reference
SC 8/86/4291
Date
[1327]
Description
Petitioners
Roger de Mortemer (Mortimer) of Wigmore.
Name(s)
de Mortemer (Mortimer), Roger
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Roger de Mortemer of Wigmore makes requests:1) He requests a fair at Ludlow, and the fee of the charter; and also murage there for seven years.2) He states that he has received little of the 2000 marks assigned to him by the King, to be received from the Chamberlain of Caernarfon, and requests another assignment, that of the tithe in the bishoprics of Hereford and Worcester, or elsewhere.3) He states that when he was given the marriage of the heir of Nicholas Daudeleie it was not specified that this was to be from heir to heir: he asks that the grant might be renewed with this specification.
Nature of endorsement
The first has been done.The King will be advised concerning the other.
Places mentioned
Wigmore, [Herefordshire]
Ludlow, [Shropshire]
Caernarfon, [Caernarfonshire, Wales]
Hereford diocese
Worcester diocese.
People mentioned
Nicholas Daudeleie (Audley).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5856
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.127 (calendar of petition)
  • Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p 20 (grant of the wardship of Nicholas Audley's heirs)
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. VI, 10-20 Edw II, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.56 (inquisition post mortem for Nicholas Daudeleie)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148833/

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