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Alice de la Mare. Mare Alice King and lords of parliament. Alice de la Mare requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/21/1041A
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/21/1041A
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1391]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alice de la Mare.
- Name(s)
- Mare, Alice
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- Alice de la Mare requests the king's aid in the recovery of the money of which she has been cheated by John Sumpter, the attorney who was aiding her to recover her inheritance in East Mersea.
- Nature of endorsement
- This petition is to be sent to Chancery, and the Chancellor, by authority of parliament, is to have the parties appear before him in Chancery, and there, when the matter contained in this petition has been examined, and the arguments of the parties heard, what justice and reason and good faith and good conscience demand is to be done, by authority of parliament.
- Places mentioned
- East Mersea, [Essex]
- Colchester, [Essex].
- People mentioned
- John Mary, father of petitioner
- Eleanor [Mary], mother of petitioner
- Elizabeth [Mary], sister of petitioner
- Catherine [Mary], sister of petitioner
- Walter Senkeworth, chaplain
- John Lovet, second husband of Eleanor Mary
- Humphrey Weston
- Robert Swynburn (Swinburn)
- John Sumpter, attorney of petitioner
- Richard Sutton
- John Rokel.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The writ instructing John Sumpter to appear before the king (SC 8/21/1041B) is dated at Westminster, 12 November, 15 Richard II (1391), so this petition must have been submitted to the parliament held at Westminster in November 1391.CCR 1389-92 p.297 is dated at Westminster, 25 November 1390. CCR 1389-92 p.533 states that the mainprise was made on 2 December 1391, and speaks of John Sumpter being impeached before the king in parliament. CCR 1389-92 pp.552-3 is dated at Westminster, 25 February 1392.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The follow-up writ instructing John Sumpter to appear before the king and his council is SC 8/21/1041B
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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 5464
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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 Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. IV, 1389-1392, (Public Record Office, 1923), p.297 (quitclaim by petitioner to Robert de Swynbourne and Ralph Chaumberleyn, of manor of East Mersea) & p.533 (mainprise for John Sumpter, to have him in chancery to answer to the petitioner) & pp.552-3 (recognisance by John Sumpter and others for £80 to be paid to the petitioner and Thomas Lenham of Essex)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.297a-298a (no.2) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061203/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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