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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Margaret de Merlawe (Marlow), widow of John de Merlawe. de Merlawe (Marlow); de Merlawe...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/4/180
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This record is about the Margaret de Merlawe (Marlow), widow of John de Merlawe. de Merlawe (Marlow); de Merlawe... dating from [1320] 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 8/4/180
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Margaret de Merlawe (Marlow), widow of John de Merlawe.
- Name(s)
- de Merlawe (Marlow); de Merlawe, Margaret; John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Merlawe requests that the king devise some remedy for her concerning a rent that she used to receive from a shop in the parish of St Bride of Fleet Street in London. Merlawe sold it to Horner, who in his turn sold it to Chauntecler who now withholds the rent and for which she can have no other remedy as Chauntecler has blocked up the doorway with a wall so that she is without recovery.
- Nature of endorsement
- She should sue in Chancery at the common law.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Fletestrete (Fleet Street), London.
- People mentioned
- John de Merlawe (Marlow), late husband of the petitioner
- Ralph le Horner de Fleet Street de London
- Roger Chauntecler.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1320 by the heading in Rot. Parl., vol I, p.365 for the parliament held on Monday in the octave of St Michael, 14 Edward II.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 4950
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.382b (no.101) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060300/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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