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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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Joan le Despenser, widow of Adam le Despenser. Despenser Joan King and council Despenser...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/42/2095
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This record is about the Joan le Despenser, widow of Adam le Despenser. Despenser Joan King and council Despenser... dating from [1297] 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 8/42/2095
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1297]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Joan le Despenser, widow of Adam le Despenser.
- Name(s)
- Despenser, Joan
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Despenser requests that she be assigned a reasonable dower which pertains to her in the manor of Rollright of which she and her husband were seised of in their demesne as by fee at the day of their marriage and long after, and which is now in the king's hand because of the wardship of Burnel.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- She should sue before the Chancellor and when those that should be called have been called he should do what should be done.2) Coram consilio.
- Places mentioned
- Rolendryst (Rollright), Oxfordshire.
- People mentioned
- Adam le Despenser, late husband of the petitioner
- Edward [Burnel], son and heir of Philip Burnel.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1297 as the sheriff was ordered to cause dower to be assigned to the petitioner on 27 November 1297 (CCR 1296-1302, p.138).
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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 2490
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1296-1302, (Public Record Office, 1906), p.138 (writ to the sheriff of Oxford to assign dower in the manor to the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062301/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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