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Annote Reswastres, widow of Michael Reswastres of Cornwall. Reswastres Annote King....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/68/3387

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Reference
SC 8/68/3387
Date
[1388]
Description
Petitioners
Annote Reswastres, widow of Michael Reswastres of Cornwall.
Name(s)
Reswastres, Annote
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Annote, widow of Michael Reswastres of Cornwall, states that she was seised of a messuage and other lands in Ennisworgey, which Michael her husband leased to Robert Tresylyan for term of life, and that they are now in the King's hand because Robert has been attainted of treason. She asks the King to order the Chancellor to restore these tenements to her, as the law demands.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Enysworgy (Ennisworgey), Cornwall.
People mentioned
Michael Reswastres of Cornwall, husband of petitioner
Robert Tresylyan (Tresilian).
Note
CPR 1385-9 p.542 is dated 10 July 1388, so the petition would seem to date from that year.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6941
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.542 (commission to inquire into this matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107158/

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