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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
Item
Alice Sperwe (Sparrow), widow. Sperwe (Sparrow) Alice King and council. Sperwe requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/72/3562
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This record is about the Alice Sperwe (Sparrow), widow. Sperwe (Sparrow) Alice King and council. Sperwe requests... dating from [? 1327-? 1337] 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 8/72/3562
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1327-? 1337]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alice Sperwe (Sparrow), widow.
- Name(s)
- Sperwe (Sparrow), Alice
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Sperwe requests that the king will order his treasurer to pay her £12 for ale taken from her for his use when he was earl of Chester.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.2) He should go to the person who was Keeper of the Wardrobe at that time and take his tally and account with him.
- Places mentioned
- Bermondsey, [Surrey]
- Southwark, [Surrey].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The French endorsement suggests that the king referred to in the petition, previously earl of Chester, is likely to be Edward III, and the petition is tentatively assigned to the first decade of his reign.
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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 7243
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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/C9107336/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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