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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Agnes de Vilers, widow of Francis de Vilers. de Vilers Agnes King and council. Vilers...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/81/4013
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This record is about the Agnes de Vilers, widow of Francis de Vilers. de Vilers Agnes King and council. Vilers... dating from [1327-1333] 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 8/81/4013
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327-1333]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Agnes de Vilers, widow of Francis de Vilers.
- Name(s)
- de Vilers, Agnes
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Vilers requests that the king will grant her aid for her and her children's sustenance, and have regard for her husband's service to the king and his father.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.2) Let this petition be delivered to Bury so that he can show it to the king so that he can give his will.
- Places mentioned
- Holy Land
- Gascony, [France]
- Wales
- Scotland
- Flanders.
- People mentioned
- Francis de Vilers, late husband of the petitioner
- Richard de Bury.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to the period 1327-1333 as the petition is clearly in Edward III's reign as it refers back to the king's late father, and the second response refers to Richard de Bury before he was made bishop of Durham in 1333, and in this case the petition may well date to 1330-1333.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition endorsed as this one is, see SC 8/39/1941
For another petition by the same petitioner on a related matter see SC 8/14/678
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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 8295
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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/C9148549/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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