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Robert de Rogate the spigurnel (sealer of writs). de Rogate Robert King. spigurnel...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/220/10954

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SC 8/220/10954
Date
[1290]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Rogate the spigurnel (sealer of writs).
Name(s)
de Rogate, Robert
Addressees
King.
Occupation
spigurnel (sealer of writs)
Nature of request
Robert de Rogate the spigurnel requests the implementation of an exchange agreed with the bishops, whereby he would surrender his office of spigurnel in exchange for the provision of a livelihood for one of his children. However, the document is badly stained and difficult to reconstruct in places.
Nature of endorsement
The chancellor is ordered that the claimant be kept unharmed.
People mentioned
[Robert Burnell], Bishop of Bath [and Wells]
John de Kirkby, Bishop of Ely
Henry III, King of England.
Note
Assigned by PROME and Rot. Parl. to the Michaelmas parliament of 1290.
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.54a-b (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.123 (full edition and translation of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334513/

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