Alexander de la Worth. Worth Alexander King and council. Alexander de la Worth states...

Petitioners

Alexander de la Worth.

Name(s)

Worth, Alexander

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

Alexander de la Worth states that in the King's father's sixth year, John de Excestre, Treasurer of the church of St Peter of Exeter, purchased 2 marks of rent issuing from tenements held in villeinage in Downton in Hampshire, and that he died seised of this rent and his right in it descended to his sister, Emma, and then to her son, Alexander. But because the tenements from which the rent came were held of the manor of Christchurch, they were taken into the King's father's hand after John's death, and has remained in the King's hand until now, because Emma never sued for it, and Alexander has not sued until now. He requests a remedy.

Nature of endorsement

He is to declare in Chancery if he has any evidence for the King's permission, and whether he has or not, justice is to be done to the complainant there.

Places mentioned

Exeter, [Devon]

Donkerton (Downton), Hampshire

Christchurch, [Hampshire].

People mentioned

John de Excestre (Exeter), Treasurer of the church of St Peter of Exeter

John de la Leye

Denise [de la Leye], wife of John de la Leye

Sarah de Coreham, sister of Denise de la Leye

Edward [I], King of England

Emma [de Excestre (Exeter)], sister and heir of John de Excestre (Exeter).

For a later petition from the same petitioner on this subject, see SC 8/259/12947

For transcript, see no.101 of PRO 31/7/98