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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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Alice du Chastel (Castle), widow of George du Chastel. Chastel (Castle) Alice Queen...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/39/1904
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This record is about the Alice du Chastel (Castle), widow of George du Chastel. Chastel (Castle) Alice Queen... dating from [c. 1306] 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 8/39/1904
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1306]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alice du Chastel (Castle), widow of George du Chastel.
- Name(s)
- Chastel (Castle), Alice
- Addressees
- Queen
- Nature of request
- Chastel requests that the queen write to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that they will allow the tallies and acquittances of William du Chastel and of her late husband as she has sued for a long time at great hardship and will remember her promise when she was delivered of her daughter at Woodstock.
- Nature of endorsement
- She should sue before the queen.
- Places mentioned
- Woodstock, [Oxfordshire].
- People mentioned
- Margaret of France, Queen of England
- George du Chastel, late husband of Alice du Chastel
- William du Boys, kinsman of Alice du Chastel
- William du Chastal (Casteltou, Castello), late Sheriff of Leicester and Warwickshire
- Eleanor, daughter of Edward I and Queen Margaret.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition must date to c. 1306 as it is addressed to Queen Margaret and makes mention of the birth of her daughter Eleanor on 4 May 1306.
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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 1544
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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/C9062107/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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