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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Joan Basset, widow of Ralph Basset of Drayton Basset Joan King Joan, widow of Ralph...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/32/1551
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/32/1551
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1346]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Joan Basset, widow of Ralph Basset of Drayton
- Name(s)
- Basset, Joan
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- Joan, widow of Ralph Basset of Drayton, states that Hugh de Meygnill has maliciously purchased an oyer et terminer against her and her servants, claiming that they broke into some buildings which are in fact hers, of her dower, and stole some goods and chattels there, in contravention of the statutes providing that an oyer et terminer should only be granted in cases of serious trespass, and before justices of one or the other bench. She requests that this oyer and terminer be suspended, and that a writ be sent to this effect to the justices assigned to hold it.
- Nature of endorsement
- Since the commissions have been issued, they cannot be repealed in this manner.
- Places mentioned
- Drayton Basset, [Staffordshire]
- Overton Catremars (Coleorton), [Leicestershire]
- Goadby Marwood, [Leicestershire]
- People mentioned
- Ralph Basset of Drayton
- Hugh de Meygnill
- Richard de Wilughby, justice
- Roger de Baukewell, justice
- Roger la Zouche, justice
- Richard de Smetheton, justice
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1345-8 p.183 is dated at Windsor, 8 August 1346, and would appear to be the oyer et terminer about which the petitioner is complaining.CPR 1345-8 p.179 is dated at Windsor, 6 July 1346. It relates to one of the manors mentioned in the petition, although it is hard to see how it fits in.CCR1343-6 p.211 is dated at Westminster, 13 January 1344, and CCR 1346-9 p.112 is dated at Westminster, 3 October 1346.
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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 1211
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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, Edw III, vol. VII, 1343-1346, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.211 (order to deliver dower to Joan Basset)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. VIII, 1346-1349, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.112 (order to sheriff not to intermeddle further with the manors of Coleorton and Goadby, as an inquest has found that the manors were not held of the king)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VII, 1345-1348, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.183 (commission to the justices mentioned in the petition to hear and determine Hugh de Meygnill's complaint that Joan Basset and others broke into his houses and carried off his goods); p.179 (commission to various justices to hear and determine Joan Basset's expulsion from the manor of Goadby)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061747/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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