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Roger de Somery. de Somery Roger King and council. Somery requests justice because...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/331/15633
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/331/15633
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1283]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Roger de Somery.
- Name(s)
- de Somery, Roger
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Somery requests justice because after Parles, who holds the manor of Handsworth of him, was hanged for felony, it was found by inquisition that the manor belonged to the petitioner and was his escheat, but when he went before Hengham to have delivery of the same manor, the prior of St John of Jerusalem in England came and claimed that the manor was held of him and should be his escheat.
- Nature of endorsement
- It was agreed that the parties should come to Shrewsbury before certain justices assigned by the King in that county so that an inquisition can be taken thereon.
- Places mentioned
- Handsworth, [Staffordshire]
- Sallop (Shrewsbury), [Shropshire].
- People mentioned
- William de Parles
- Nicholas de Estapilton (Stapleton)
- Reginald de Leye
- Ralph de Hengham, justice
- prior of St John of Jerusalem in England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1282-3, since in November 1283 there was an inquisition into whether Parles, hanged for felony, held the manor of Handsworth of the petitioner or of the prior of St John of Jerusalem in England.
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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 Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. I, Hen III - Edw I, (Public Record Office, 1916), p.349 (no.1176) (inquisition into ownership of manor of Handsworth)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. II, 1281-1292, (Public Record Office, 1893), pp.104-5 (commission to enquire whether Parles held the manor of Handsworth of petitioner or of prior of St John of Jerusalem in England)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683044/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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