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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/272/13563
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 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).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- 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)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517510/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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