Geoffrey de Moreton. de Moreton Geoffrey King. [Petition in 15 parts].Moreton requests...

Petitioners

Geoffrey de Moreton.

Name(s)

de Moreton, Geoffrey

Addressees

King.

Nature of request

[Petition in 15 parts].Moreton requests remedy against the treasurer on various complaints:1) Moreton complains that the treasurer has been bribed by the steward of Theobald de Verdun to delay execution of the money and damages awarded to Moreton by le Brun against Verdun.2) Moreton complains that the treasurer by malice and colour of his office and looking for a way to harm him forejudged of 20 casks of wine to his great damage3) Moreton requests remedy against the treasurer who imprisoned him for 4 days by malice and without reason.4) He complains that the treasurer wrongfully levied 7 marks of his goods when he owed nothing to the king.5) He complains that the treasurer imprisoned him for the debt of Bree when he was not his pledge, heir or executor.6) He complains that whereas Deter has plainly acknowledged in the Exchequer of Dublin that he is bound to Moreton in £100, the treasurer will not give him a writ of execution and has adjourned him.7) He complains that when he was mayor of Dublin the treasurer without reason and looking for a reason to harm him imprisoned him for 4 days.8) The mayor complains that the treasurer without reason imprisoned him for a day.9) The mayor complains that the treasurer without reason imprisoned him for 4 days.10) The mayor complains that the treasurer without reason imprisoned him for 6 days.11) The mayor complains that the treasurer without reason imprisoned him for 6 days . . .12) The mayor complains that the treasurer without reason imprisoned him for 5 days.13) The mayor complains that the treasurer without reason imprisoned him for 10 days.14) Moreton complains that the treasurer has distrained him for no reason and by malice and colour of his office . . . though he owes nothing to the king.15) Moreton complains that the treasurer seeking to stop his passage to the court to seek remedy . . . made to issue writs and bills out of the Exchequer . . . and imprisoned him.

Nature of endorsement

[None].

Places mentioned

Ireland.

People mentioned

Richard de Bereford, treasurer of Ireland

Neil le Brun

Theobald de Verdun (Verdon)

John Fitz Ruy, steward of Theobald de Verdun

Robert de Watton, clerk of Richard de Bereford

Robert de Bree

Robert le Deter.

For the Chancery warrant in which this petition was apparently formerly enclosed, see no. 5234 in C 81/52

• Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.244 (Chancery warrant to view the complaints of the petitioner)
• Calendar of Documents Relating to Ireland, 1171-1307, vol. V, ed. H.S. Sweetman, (Public Record Office, 1974), no.431 (extract from the coram rege rolls relating to this petition)
• Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.58 (brief calendar of petition)