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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Joan Forde Forde Joan King and council Joan Forde, a poor widow of South Molton in...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/47/2331
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/47/2331
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1426-1431]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Joan Forde
- Name(s)
- Forde, Joan
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Joan Forde, a poor widow of South Molton in Devon, states that she has been kept out of her inheritance for twenty years and more, first by Thomas Pillond and then by his feoffees; she recovered the inheritance against them, but has now been put out again by John Mulys, man of law, and William Broun, to her disinheritance and that of her son Joce. She asks that these three men might be summoned before the king and council by a writ of sub poena, to be examined on this.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face, signatures] H. Cantuariensis; J. Eboracensis, Cancellarius; P. Eliensis; J. Bathonensis; Cromwell; L.R. le Bourgchier.
- Places mentioned
- South Molton, Devon
- People mentioned
- Thomas Pillond
- John Mulys, man of law
- William Broun
- Joce [Forde], son of petitioner
- Henry [Chichele], Archbishop of Canterbury
- John [Kemp (Kempe)], Archbishop of York and Chancellor of England
- Philip [Morgan], Bishop of Ely
- John [Stafford], Bishop of Bath [and Wells]
- [Ralph Cromwell, Lord] Cromwell
- [Lewis Robessart, Lord] Bourgchier.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- John Kemp, Archbishop of York, was Chancellor of England between 16 March 1426 and 26 February 1432: Henry Chichele was Archbishop of Canterbury, Philip Morgan Bishop of Ely, and John Stafford Bishop of Bath and Wells for the whole of that period.'LR le Bourgchier' is Lewis Robessart, 2nd husband of Elizabeth, Lady Bourgchier, killed in action at Amiens, 26 Nov 1431. Cromwell is the ever-present Ralph, Lord Cromwell.
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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 3350
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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)
- English
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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/C9062542/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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