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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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Helen de Louches, widow of Richard de Louches. de Louches Helen King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/59/2918
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This record is about the Helen de Louches, widow of Richard de Louches. de Louches Helen King and council.... dating from [c. 1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/59/2918
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Helen de Louches, widow of Richard de Louches.
- Name(s)
- de Louches, Helen
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Helen, widow of Richard de Louches, complains that Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester, accusing her husband of being an adherent of Roger Damory, expelled him from his lands and possessions, and also lay in wait to capture them, so that they had to live in hiding for half a year and more until they had paid him 300 marks, and a further 60 marks to John de Handlo: which has left her impoverished. She requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- She is to sue at common law.
- Places mentioned
- Oxfordshire.
- People mentioned
- Richard de Louches
- Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester
- Roger Damory
- John de Handlo.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition must date from shortly after the fall of the Despensers. It might be contemporary with SC 8/59/2919, which makes similar complaints.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition from the petitioner is SC 8/59/2920
For a related petition from Richard de Louches' son is SC 8/59/2919
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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 4733
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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/C9063138/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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