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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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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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This record is about the Wolmar of Essex, son and heir and executor of the testament of Edmund de Essex. Essex... dating from [1290] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/171/8532
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- 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)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294397/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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