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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Eleanor Le Estrange (Strange, Lestrange) Le Estrange (Strange, Lestrange) Eleanor...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/45/2243
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This record is about the Eleanor Le Estrange (Strange, Lestrange) Le Estrange (Strange, Lestrange) Eleanor... dating from [c. 1280] 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 8/45/2243
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1280]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Eleanor Le Estrange (Strange, Lestrange)
- Name(s)
- Le Estrange (Strange, Lestrange), Eleanor
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- Eleanor Le Estrange makes two requests:1) She asks the king to advise as to her sister Bertraya, who is insane, and cannot give or sell inheritance, and asks that she and her co-parceners might not be disinherited.2) She asks for the manor of Willey, which her father had of the gift of Henry III, and which he bequeathed to marry his daughters.
- Nature of endorsement
- [The Bishop of] Rochester and the others of the council are to be awaited.The sheriff is to be ordered to have this madwoman come before the king.Concerning the other article, she is to go to Chancery, and have what she should.
- Places mentioned
- Wylele (Willey), [Warwickshire]
- Kenilworth, [Warwickshire]
- People mentioned
- Bertraya [de Blauminister], sister of petitioner
- Henry [III], King of England
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1272-81 p.375 is dated at Westminster, 2 June 1280, and would seem to have been in response to this petition.
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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 2984
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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)
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- Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. II, 1-19 Edw I, (Public Record Office, 1906), no.387 (inquisition post mortem of Bertraya)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. I, 1272-1281, (Public Record Office, 1901), p.375 (ratification of a demise made to Eleanor, widow of Roger Lestrange, of a fourth part of the manor of Oswestry, late of William de Albo Monasterio, which was the purparty of Bertraya, one of his daughters and heirs, who is not compos mentis)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062453/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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