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Abbot of Flaxley. King and council. Abbot of Flaxley The abbot requests that certain...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/313/E77

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This record is about the Abbot of Flaxley. King and council. Abbot of Flaxley The abbot requests that certain... dating from [1302] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/313/E77
Date
[1302]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot of Flaxley.
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Abbot of Flaxley
Nature of request
The abbot requests that certain land which is in the king's hand after the death of Wymundeham be returned to him as he enfeoffed Wymundeham of a tenement in London but Wymundeham subsequently usurped a neighbouring piece of land belonging to the abbot. The abbot impleaded Wymundeham for the land but Wymundeham died while the plea was pending.
Nature of endorsement
None.
Places mentioned
Flaxley, [Gloucestershire]
London.
People mentioned
William de Wymundeham (Wymondham).
Related material

For the earlier inquisition into the matter formerly enclosed with this petition, see SC 8/313/E79

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/343/16167

For the writ ordering an earlier inquisition into this matter and formerly enclosed with this petition, see SC 8/313/E78

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
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 (reference to this petition) & roll 25, appendix, no.16 (full edition and translation)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529128/

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