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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Agnes Mautravers (Maltravers). Mautravers (Maltravers) Agnes King and council. Mautravers...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/63/3108
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This record is about the Agnes Mautravers (Maltravers). Mautravers (Maltravers) Agnes King and council. Mautravers... dating from [1331] 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 8/63/3108
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Agnes Mautravers (Maltravers).
- Name(s)
- Mautravers (Maltravers), Agnes
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Mautravers requests that the king grant her a more certain estate, as she holds her dower lands only at the will of the king, and that he will pardon her the £40 in which she is bound for the corn growing on the land.
- Nature of endorsement
- She should retain the lands of her first husband and also her purchases for the term of her life so that she is not ousted because of the forfeiture of her husband, and concerning her dower she should sue Chancery and have her right.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition probably dates to 1331 as Mautravers was the recipient of several grants of land and rent in 1331, and received a grant of the land that she had for life on 17 November 1331 (CPR 1330-4, pp.84, 89-90, 106, 120; the grant for life, p.215). Mautravers was not pardoned the money owed for the corn growing on the land until 26 March 1332 (CPR 1330-4, p.263).
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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 5591
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), pp.84, 89-90, 106, 120, 215, 263 (grants of land and rent, and a pardon to the petitioner)
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Record URL
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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