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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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Richonde le Bakere (Baker), widow and executor of Roger le Bakere of West Ham. Bakere...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/35/1727
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This record is about the Richonde le Bakere (Baker), widow and executor of Roger le Bakere of West Ham. Bakere... dating from [c. 1327] 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 8/35/1727
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richonde le Bakere (Baker), widow and executor of Roger le Bakere of West Ham.
- Name(s)
- Bakere (Baker), Richonde
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Bakere states that the king took by his ministers to his use various goods when he was prince and in the first and third years of his reign for four tallies. The Bakeres sued the king for 6 years and more to be paid, and still have not been paid whereof they have sold all that they have. Bakere is now impoverished and a beggar and does not have anything to live on nor to acquit her pledges if she is not paid. She requests payment is made to her.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the treasurer, barons and chamberlains of the Exchequer that they view the account of the keeper of the Wardrobe, and if they find that the king was served of the things contained in the petition and the debt is still due then they are to make payment or assignment.
- Places mentioned
- Weshame (West Ham), [Essex].
- People mentioned
- Roger le Bakere (Baker) of West Ham, late husband of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition refers back to the time before Edward II was king, and was still prince, and cannot realistically have been submitted long after Edward III came to the throne, probably 1327.
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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 1307
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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/C9061926/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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