Prior of St Mary, Huntingdon. King and Council. Prior of St Mary, Huntingdon The...

Petitioners

Prior of St Mary, Huntingdon.

Addressees

King and Council.

Occupation

Prior of St Mary, Huntingdon

Nature of request

The prior of St Mary, Huntingdon requests justice because Brunton impeded the assize of Toseland so that no verdict could be passed as to whether the prior was the true patron of the church of Southoe, to which the prior had presented Hemingford in the tenth year of Edward I [1281-2], nor could the prior have justice unless he agreed to pay 100s yearly to Chertsey. He requests restitution since the obligation was made against his will, together with the £30 which Chertsey has so far received from him and the £40 which Chertsey caused him to spend in the said plea by his delay, with damages and expenses.1)

Nature of endorsement

Dealt with.2) Concerning officials prior to the crossing.

Places mentioned

Huntingdon, [Huntingdonshire]

Toseland, [Huntingdonshire]

Southoe, [Huntingdonshire].

People mentioned

William de Brumpton (Brunton), King's justice

John de Hemmyngford (Hemingford)

Edward [I], King of England

John de Certes (Chertsey), clerk of William de Brunton.

For a nearly identical petition on the same subject by the prior and convent see SC 8/263/13143

• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.48b (no.37) (edition of petition)
• 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 nos. 39-40 (edition and translation of petition)