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Wolmar of Essex, son and heir and executor of the testament of Edmund de Essex. Essex...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/171/8532

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Reference
SC 8/171/8532
Date
[1290]
Description
Petitioners
Wolmar of Essex, son and heir and executor of the testament of Edmund de Essex.
Name(s)
Essex, Wolmar
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Essex requests remedy and that the money which his late father had put in a chest in the church of St Andrew Hubbard, and which was stolen by a robber and came into the hand of the constable of the Tower and the sheriffs of London when the thief was arrested be repaid to him so that his father's will can be executed. The money was given to the keeper of the Wardrobe, and nothing has since been done although Essex had a writ of liberate from Henry III to Stratton because the king died in the meantime.1)
Nature of endorsement
The king is not advised to pay the debts of his father.2) Coram rege.
Places mentioned
London
St Andrew Hubbard, [London]
Tower of London, [London].
People mentioned
Edmund de Essex, citizen of London and late father of the petitioner
John Fitz Otto, constable of the Tower of London
Walter Hervy, sheriff of London
John Adrian, sheriff of London
Nicholas Leukenor (Lewknor), keeper of the Wardrobe
Adam de Stratton.
Note
The petition dates to 1290 as a Latin summary of the petition was enrolled on the parliament roll for the Michaelmas parliament in 18 Edw. I (Rot. Parl., vol. I::p.59a (no.164)).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.59a (no.164) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 02, appendix, no.193 (full edition and translation of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294397/

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