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Robert atte Water (Atwater, Attwater). Water (Atwater, Attwater) Robert King and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/260/12980

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Reference
SC 8/260/12980
Date
[1302]
Description
Petitioners
Robert atte Water (Atwater, Attwater).
Name(s)
Water (Atwater, Attwater), Robert
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Robert atte Water states that at the time when the King released the Prince of Salerno in Aragon he pleaded against Adam de Stretton at Westminster concerning certain tenements in Rotherhithe, and that although the inquisition was held and found in his favour, he has never been able to have a judgment. He asks the King to order that he may have judgment.
Nature of endorsement
[Because] Adam de Stratton is dead, he is to take action [through a writ] of Chancery [against the present] tenants, if he thinks [it will help him].
Places mentioned
Westminster
Merre (Salerno), [Italy]
Aragon, [Spain]
Rotherhithe, Surrey.
People mentioned
Charles II, King of Naples and Prince of Salerno
Ralph de Hingham (Hengham), justice
William de Saham, justice
Adam de Stretton (Stratton).
Note
A Latin summary of this petition is found a roll of petitions from the summer parliament of 1302 (PROME 1302, summer parliament, appendix, petitions belonging to this parliament and not otherwise recorded, no.3, and roll 25, appendix, no. 12) A note concerning the inquisition is found on a roll from the Easter parliament of 1290 (Rot. Parl. vol. I p.63a (no.213)).
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.63a (no.213) (note concerning inquisition 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), 1302, summer parliament, appendix, petitions belonging to this parliament and not otherwise recorded, no.3 (identification of petition with entry on parliament roll), & roll 25, appendix, no.12 (full edition and translation)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9516924/

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