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Petitioners

Robert de Workesely.

Name(s)

de Workesely, Robert

Addressees

King and lords of parliament.

Nature of request

Robert de Workesely states that he has wardship of Elizabeth, daughter of Geoffrey de Workesely and Isabel de Lathom, with the intention of marrying her to his son, but that Mary de Felton, the divorced first wife of Geoffrey de Workesely, who had entered the house of the Minoresses in London, has left the convent, against the will of the Abbess, and is suing false lawsuits to disinherit Elizabeth and to annul her own profession. He requests a remedy, so that Elizabeth is not disinherited.

Nature of endorsement

When this petition had been read in parliament in the presence of the parties present there, and when their arguments on one side and the other had been heard, John Curson named in the petition granted in parliament that he intended to sue with effect the writ which he and his wife have pending in Common Bench on this matter, without any deceit, fraud or delay, and that he would not make a non-suit. And the petitioner granted also that he would not make any appeal or other delay concerning the certification of the Bishop of London, but, in the case that the said John should claim or show any secret sentence or other process of the law of Holy Church not known to the said Robert, then Robert will be allowed to appeal the said sentence or processes, and to have such delays as the law demands.

Places mentioned

London

Kirby Bedon, Norfolk

Westminster.

People mentioned

Geoffrey de Workesely

Mary de Felton

Minoresses of London

Thomas de Lathom

Isabel [de Lathom], daughter of Thomas de Lathom

Elizabeth [de Workesely], daughter of Geoffrey de Workesely and Isabel de Lathom

Thomas [Illegible, due to damage to ms]

John Sturmyn

John de Curson, knight, husband of Mary de Felton.

For transcript, see no.76 of PRO 31/7/111

For another petition concerning Geoffrey de Workesley see SC 8/103/5109