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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
Item
Matilda Caryngton (Carrington), widow of William de Carrington, knight. Caryngton...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/40/1959
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This record is about the Matilda Caryngton (Carrington), widow of William de Carrington, knight. Caryngton... dating from [c. 1378] 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 8/40/1959
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Matilda Caryngton (Carrington), widow of William de Carrington, knight.
- Name(s)
- Caryngton (Carrington), Matilda
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Caryngton states that her husband bought from the justice and chamberlain of Chester the wardship and marriage of Thomas Weaver together with the lands and tenements as appear in his letters patent, and William and Matilda paid all the money at the Chester Exchequer. Now the ministers of Chester are demanding restitution of the inheritance from Caryngton by a scire facias. She requests that the king grant his letters under the privy seal to the justice of Chester or his lieutenant to cease the suit against her, and another letter to the chamberlain to make a new patent to her, the executor of her husband's testament, to have the inheritance of Weaver until he is of full age, and a pardon of the issues since the death of his mother.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Chester, [Cheshire].
- People mentioned
- William de Caryngton, (Carrington), knight, late husband of the petitioner
- Thomas Wever (Weaver), son and heir of Richard de Weaver
- [John of Gaunt], Duke of Lancaster
- Thomas de Arderne (Ardern).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The wardship was purchased on 19 August 1378 as the petition makes clear. However no record of this petition seems to survive, though some record of it may appear amongst the Palatinate of Chester Archive.
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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 1722
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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/C9062163/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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