Walter de Sutton and Joan de Sutton his wife. de Sutton; de Sutton Walter; Joan King...

Petitioners

Walter de Sutton and Joan de Sutton his wife.

Name(s)

de Sutton; de Sutton, Walter; Joan

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

Walter de Sutton and Joan his wife state that they presented a petition to the King's parliament at Westminster, complaining that John, Bishop of Bath and Wells, and others had disseised them of their rights of common pasture in Cheddar, belonging to their free tenement in Alston Sutton, and that their writs of novel disseisin had been delayed by the Bishop. This was endorsed that the justices were to proceed in the assize and to do justice to the parties, and they were granted a writ to the justices to do so. However they have not done so for various reasons [which are unclear, due to damage to the ms.]: the petitioners ask that they be ordered to take the assize.

Nature of endorsement

[The end of each line is missing, due to damage to the ms] The writ is to be amended according to the plea and sent . . . and to do justice, notwithstanding the charter and . . . always that if the justices find that the . . . are not to proceed to judgment without consulting . . ..

Places mentioned

Westminster

Cheddar, Somerset

Aleueston (Alston Sutton), Somerset

Fulham, [Middlesex].

People mentioned

John [Droxford], Bishop of Bath and Wells

John de Foyle, justice

Henry [III], King of England

Jocelin [of Wells], Bishop of Bath.

For a related petition see SC 8/259/12928