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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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Isabel Crok (Crook), widow of Piers Crok. Crok (Crook) Isabel King and council Crok...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/41/2027
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This record is about the Isabel Crok (Crook), widow of Piers Crok. Crok (Crook) Isabel King and council Crok... dating from [c. 1323] 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 8/41/2027
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1323]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Isabel Crok (Crook), widow of Piers Crok.
- Name(s)
- Crok (Crook), Isabel
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Crok requests that her dower lands from her first husband in Olveston and Berwick be delivered to her. She received the lands following the death of her first husband, and then married FitzWilliam. He took the robes of Berkeley, a rebel and enemy of the king and died in prison after he surrendered.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Let good men be assigned to enquire of the truth, and the inquisition be returned, and let justice be done in Chancery.2) Coram domino rege.
- Places mentioned
- Olveston, Gloucestershire
- Berewyk (Berwick), Gloucestershire.
- People mentioned
- Piers Crok (Crook), first husband of the petitioner
- Henry Fitz William, second husband of the petitioner
- Maurice de Berkele (Berkeley).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition clearly dates to after the fall of Maurice de Berkeley in 1322, and it seems likely that this must date to 1323, or as the guard comments note - 1324. c. 1323 seems a reasonable assessment.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/241/12024
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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 1367
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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/C9062233/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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