Robert le Fitz Payn; Ella le Fitz Payn, wife of Robert le Fitz Payn. le Fitz Payn;...

Petitioners

Robert le Fitz Payn; Ella le Fitz Payn, wife of Robert le Fitz Payn.

Name(s)

le Fitz Payn; le Fitz Payn, Robert; Ella

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

Robert and Ella le Fitz Payn request that whereas Burnel sued a writ of scire facias against them of lands and tenements in Surrey returnable before the King on the quinzaine of St Martin in the 19th year of Edward II [1325], on which day the sheriff witnessed that he had warned the petitioners, when they were not warned, by which testimony they lost their lands, and they sued a writ to le Scrope and his companions to cause the warners, the sheriff and the party who had recovery to come before them on the quinzaine of St Hilary last, on which day the warners came and were examined, that justice be done to them according to the findings of this examination, because le Scrope and his companions will not do anything without the advice of the council.

Nature of endorsement

It was agreed that a writ of deceit should be maintained, and should be valid in case of warning or warning was given as well as in case of summons or summons was given.

Places mentioned

Surrey.

People mentioned

Robert Burnel

Edward II, King of England

Geoffrey le Scrope, justice.

For the writ mentioned in this petition see SC 8/263/13130B

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.289 (order for justices to proceed to the final discussion in accordance with the petition)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.26a (no.39) (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), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp.13-30, no.39 (summary of references)