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Roger de Rokesle. de Rokesle Roger King. Rokesle requests remedy and that the acquittance...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/316/E214

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Reference
SC 8/316/E214
Date
[1302]
Description
Petitioners
Roger de Rokesle.
Name(s)
de Rokesle, Roger
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Rokesle requests remedy and that the acquittance of debt granted to Walter de Rokesle and Walter de Maidstone of the sums owed by Gregory de Rokesle to the king be delivered, as they have hitherto refused it and fraudulently refused to pay the debts of Gregory de Rokesle to his creditors.
Nature of endorsement
He should go to the Exchequer, and let it be considered there if Gregory de Rokesle is indebted to the king, and if not then the petitioner should sue against the executors by the common law.
Places mentioned
Westminster.
People mentioned
Walter de Rokesle, executor of the testament of Gregory de Rokesle and administrator of his goods
Walter de Maydenstan (Maidstone), executor of the testament of Gregory de Rokesle and administrator of his goods
Gregory de Rokesle.
Note
The petition is dated to 1302 as the petition belongs to an original file of petitions returned to the Exchequer from the summer parliament of 1302. For a confirmation of this dating, see SC 8/314/E107.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
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.2 (summary of this file)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529266/

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