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Martin de Westsomertone (West Somerton). de Westsomertone (West Somerton) Martin...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/272/13563

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This record is about the Martin de Westsomertone (West Somerton). de Westsomertone (West Somerton) Martin... dating from [1290] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/272/13563
Date
[1290]
Description
Petitioners
Martin de Westsomertone (West Somerton).
Name(s)
de Westsomertone (West Somerton), Martin
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Westsomertone requests that the abbot of Bury be ordered to grant him sustenance for his life from that house as the abbot received the bulk of the lands and chattels of Wayland as he has sued for two years for compensation as he was maimed by Wayland's men.1)
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.2) He is to be content with what was adjudged him for the trespass.3) A maimed man petitions that the king will assign him permanent sustenance: none.
Places mentioned
Gascony, [France].
People mentioned
Thomas de Weylaund (Wayland)
Abbot of Bury St Edmunds.
Note
The petition is dated to 1290 as a Latin summary of the petition was enrolled on the parliament roll for the Easter parliament of that year (PROME, roll 02, appendix, no.204).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. II, 1281-1292, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.323 (commission of oyer and terminer on complaint by the petitioner)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.60a (no.175) (Latin summary of petition 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.204 (full edition and translation of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517510/

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