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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Lucy de Somery, widow of John de Somery. de Somery Lucy King and council. Somery...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/74/3698
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This record is about the Lucy de Somery, widow of John de Somery. de Somery Lucy King and council. Somery... dating from [1324] 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 8/74/3698
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Lucy de Somery, widow of John de Somery.
- Name(s)
- de Somery, Lucy
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Somery requests remedy as the keeper of lands in Berkshire detains rent which is due to them from tenements in Basildon that are in the king's hand by the forfeiture of Beche.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is ordered to the keeper of that land that if it can be established that the rent is owed according to the form of the petition, then he should pay Lucy the rent from henceforth together with the arrears and the king will give him an allowance on this.
- Places mentioned
- Basildon, [Berkshire]
- Bradfield, [Berkshire]
- Berkshire.
- People mentioned
- John de Somery, late husband of the petitioner
- John de la Beche.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1324 as an inquisition concerning the land and a response to the petition date to 10 March and 4 May 1324 respectively (CIM 1307-49, no.761; CCR 1323-7, p.99).
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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 7297
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1323-1327, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.99 (order to pay the petitioner the arrears and rent from the time the land came into the king's hand)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.761 (inquisition relating to the matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107472/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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