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Laura de Stotevil, widow of John de Stotevil. de Stotevil Laura King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/71/3538

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This record is about the Laura de Stotevil, widow of John de Stotevil. de Stotevil Laura 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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Reference
SC 8/71/3538
Date
[c. 1327]
Description
Petitioners
Laura de Stotevil, widow of John de Stotevil.
Name(s)
de Stotevil, Laura
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Stotevil requests that she is able to have the issues from the tenements that she held in dower for the time that the lands of . . . were seized into the hand of the king's father with those that the keeper . . . and that she should not answer for the issues in the meantime.
Nature of endorsement
Let this petition be ordered to the treasurer and barons in order that suitable remedy be done.
People mentioned
John de Stotevil, husband of the petitioner.
Note
The petition dates to c. 1327 as the petition refers to the king's father, and the petitioner was struggling to hold on to her estates in the period 1327-1328 (CFR 1327-37, p.85; CCR 1327-30, p.127).
Related material

For a list of lands held by the petitioner's late husband see SC 8/286/14273

For a related petition from the same petitioner see SC 8/286/14272

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7153
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.127 (order not to intermeddle further with the lands of the petitioner)
  • Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.85 (grant to the petitioner of lands of her late husband)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107312/

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