Thomas of Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk and Marshal of England. Brotherton, Earl of...

Petitioners

Thomas of Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk and Marshal of England.

Name(s)

Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk and Marshal of England, Thomas

Addressees

King.

Nature of request

Thomas, Earl of Norfolk and Marshall of England, the king's uncle, makes six requests:1) He asks that he might have the 10,000 marks of land promised to him by the king's grandfather, his father.2) He asks that he might be served with his fees and other things pertaining to the office of Marshal, as his predecessors were, according to the articles of a bill attached to this petition.3) He asks that, in consideration of his great expenses in going to war in the time of the king and his father, the loans of the wardrobe made to him for these expeditions, which he is currently being asked to repay, might be released to him.4) He requests a writ to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to discharge him from a sum owed for blanch farm for the manor of Bosham in Sussex, which he has of the gift of the king, together with other lands.5) He asks that wardship of the lands that Robert de Thorp held in Norfolk and Suffolk, which were seized into the king's hand, might be delivered to him, together with the issues in the meantime, as it was ordered at Leicester that they should be delivered to him until this parliament.6) He requests restitution from the goods and chattels of the Earl of March of a sum of money that the Earl still owes to him, from an agreement made between them.

Nature of endorsement

[On face to first] To the first article: coram rege. The king wishes to take advice, and to ordain for his own estate first, on the advice of the said earl and other great men.[To second] Coram rege. The Treasurer and Chamberlains, and also the Keeper of the Wardrobe, are to be ordered to search their remembrances of the fees that Marshals have received before now, and to inform the king; and he will then be advised.[To third] Coram rege. The Treasurer and Chamberlains, and also the Keeper of the Wardrobe, are to be ordered to search their remembrances, and inform the king of the sum of these loans, and of the reasons for them; and the king will be advised.[To fourth] Coram rege. He is to show his charter in Chancery and have a writ on his charter to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, to acquit him according to his charter.[To fifth] Coram rege. Because this case has been debated before the council by John de Claveryng, and has been adjourned to Chancery, the Earl is to have the same day, and justice will be done to him.[To sixth] The king has the chattels of felons forfeited . . . and he is not obliged to fulfil the agreements of felons. Coram rege.[None on dorse]

Places mentioned

Bosham, Sussex

Norfolk

Suffolk

Leicester, [Leicestershire].

People mentioned

Edward [I], King of England

[Edward II], King of England

Robert de Thorp

John de Claveryng

[Roger de Mortimer], Earl of March.

For a memorandum of the fees and other things that the Earl Marshal should receive, see SC 8/295/14730B