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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Cecily Balle (Ball), widow of John Balle Balle (Ball) Cecily King Cecily, widow of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/31/1532
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This record is about the Cecily Balle (Ball), widow of John Balle Balle (Ball) Cecily King Cecily, widow of... dating from [1445-1461] 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 8/31/1532
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1445-1461]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Cecily Balle (Ball), widow of John Balle
- Name(s)
- Balle (Ball), Cecily
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- Cecily, widow of John Balle, states that Edward Broke, Lord Cobham, gave her late husband an obligation for £20 to be received from John Symmyng of Saffron Walden, in payment of a debt of £20 incurred at the time of the queen's coronation, and her husband made acquittance to him of the debt. But the obligation has proved to be neither due nor lawful, and Lord Cobham has refused to pay the debt. She has no remedy at common law, and asks the king to command Lord Cobham to pay.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Waldon (Saffron Walden), [Essex]
- People mentioned
- John Balle (Ball), late husband of petitioner
- Edward Broke (Brook), Lord Cobham
- [Margaret of Anjou], Queen of England
- John Symmyng of Saffron Walden.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 'c. 1445 sq. ref. of coronation of Q (Margaret)'. Margaret of Anjou was crowned on 20 May 1445, and this petition must date from between then and the end of Henry VI's reign: probably from some years after 1445, as the man to whom the money was owed has died.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Lord Cobham's answer to this petition is SC 8/31/1531
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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 1308
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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)
- English
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061728/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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