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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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Matilda de Morton of Coventry. de Morton Matilda King and council. Morton requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/62/3073
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This record is about the Matilda de Morton of Coventry. de Morton Matilda King and council. Morton requests... dating from [? 1360-? 1377] 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 8/62/3073
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1360-? 1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Matilda de Morton of Coventry.
- Name(s)
- de Morton, Matilda
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Morton requests a remedy as she has sued for a long time and great wrong has been done her by Prest, Michel and the master of St John the Baptist of Coventry who hold lands and rents which she claims, and they have prevented her recovery by threats, imprisonment and conspiracy.
- Nature of endorsement
- She should sue at the common law by writs of menace and imprisonment.
- Places mentioned
- Coventry, [Warwickshire].
- People mentioned
- John Prest of Coventry
- Nicholas Michel of Coventry
- Master of St John the Baptist of Coventry.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition has been dated to? 1360-? 1377 purely from the guard notes where it is noted that Nicholas Michel flourish between these dates from the patent and close rolls of this time. No other closer evidence is available.
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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 5876
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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/C9106836/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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