Christine Robby, widow of Simon Robby. Robby Christine King. Christine, widow of...

Petitioners

Christine Robby, widow of Simon Robby.

Name(s)

Robby, Christine

Addressees

King.

Nature of request

Christine, widow of Simon Robby, requests the return of one third of a half carucate of land in Stratton St Margaret, and £28 10s in arrears of rent from Adam de Stratton, who forced her to lease the land to him at sixty shillings a year, but has held the land for nine and a half years and has paid her nothing.

Nature of endorsement

[on face] Wiltshire.[on dorse] Wiltshire.Petition of Christine, who was the wife of Simon Robby.Before the lord king.She is to show the charter before the chancellor that this is so, and the dower is to be returned to her and she is to sue the said Adam for the arrears of her farm.

Places mentioned

Stratton St Margaret, [Wiltshire]

Wiltshire.

People mentioned

Simon Robby, late husband of the petitioner

Adam de Stratton.

For another petition from this petitioner, clearly following on from this petition see SC 8/219/10923

• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.53b (summary of petition and response 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.114 (full edition and translation of petition)