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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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Agnes Bordon, widow of John de Bordon. Bordon Agnes King and council. Bordon states...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/35/1708
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/35/1708
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Agnes Bordon, widow of John de Bordon.
- Name(s)
- Bordon, Agnes
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Bordon states that the king granted to her by his charter for her maintenances for her life 10 marks of land in his manor of Polesworth. Bordon was ousted from the land by Walter de Bordon, to whom the king has granted the manor for his life. Bordon requests a remedy be ordained so that she is not ousted.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered by a writ under the great seal to the chancellor of Scotland that he should hear the complaint of Agnes de Bordon of the wrong contained in the petition, and examine her charter, and do hasty and complete justice.
- Places mentioned
- Poulesworth (Polesworth), [Warwickshire].
- People mentioned
- John de Bordon, husband of the petitioner
- Walter de Bordon.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated very tentatively to the early fourteenth century on the basis of the hand and the reference to a 'chancellor of Scotland'.
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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 321
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061907/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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