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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Joan de Lente, who was the wife of Richard de Lente. de Lente Joan King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/57/2831
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This record is about the Joan de Lente, who was the wife of Richard de Lente. de Lente Joan King and council.... dating from [? 1320-? 1330] 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 8/57/2831
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1320-? 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Joan de Lente, who was the wife of Richard de Lente.
- Name(s)
- de Lente, Joan
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks the appointment of a jury of local gentlemen to investigate certain matters. She shows that she was in the king's peace at Fresden in Wiltshire when Aylmer the father, Aylmer the son, Faris and others unknown came with force and arms with the support of Despenser and threw her out of her house, and damaged her house. She then mounted her horse and went to see her corn in Fresden, whence came Aylmer and the others and she dismounted and her horse with all its equipment worth 40s was taken and led away against the king's peace. Later, as she handed-over her carucate of land in the fields of Fresden, Aylmer the son and the others came and took eight oxen worth ten marks from her carucate and wounded and assaulted her men such that she cannot cultivate her land, nor can she obtain restitution from Aylmer the father through the common law.
- Nature of endorsement
- Sue at the common law.
- Places mentioned
- Ferchusdone (Fresden), [Wiltshire]
- Compton [unidentified]
- Wiltshire.
- People mentioned
- Richard de Lente
- William Aylmer, the father
- William Aylmer, the son
- Gregory Faris of Compton
- Hugh le Despenser, the son.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated notionally to the 1320s on the basis of the hand and the French endorsement.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/57/2830
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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 4939
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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/C9063051/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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