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Maud le Butller (Butler), wife of Ralph le Butller (Butler) of Wem. le Butller (Butler)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/97/4807

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This record is about the Maud le Butller (Butler), wife of Ralph le Butller (Butler) of Wem. le Butller (Butler)... dating from [1278-1281] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/97/4807
Date
[1278-1281]
Description
Petitioners
Maud le Butller (Butler), wife of Ralph le Butller (Butler) of Wem.
Name(s)
le Butller (Butler), Maud
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Maud, wife of Ralph le Butller of Wem, states that she and her husband have impleaded Owein le fiz Griffyn of Bromfield concerning the manor of Bonkerbury, of which her ancestors were seised, and that Owein, to delay the inquisition in the case, has adjourned it before the King and council three weeks after Easter. She cannot remain for this date because of her husband's illness, and asks that justice might swiftly be done in the case.
Nature of endorsement
J. de Kirkeb[y], W. de Saham, and S. de Roff are to hear the record.Because he has made false representations to the court, and moreover because the complainant receives great losses because of the long delay, it is provided that the case is to proceed to the inquisition without delay etc.
Places mentioned
Wem, [Shropshire]
the Welsh March
Wales
Bromfield, [unidentified]
Bonkerbury, [unidentified].
People mentioned
Ralph le Butller (Butler) of Wem
Owein Fitz Griffyn (ap Griffyn) of Bromfield
Owein de Bromfeud (Bromfield)
Griffyn de Bromfeud (Bromfield)
David Fitz Griffyn (ap Griffyn)
John de Kirkeby (Kirkby)
William de Saham (Soham)
Solomon de Roff (Rochester).
Note
Dated to 1278-1281 by Petitions Relating to Wales pp.151-2. Ralph died in 1281.
Related material

For transcript, see p.69 of PRO 31/7/92

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1121
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), pp.151-2 (calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149374/

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