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Margaret le Venour, widow of Robert le Venour. Venour Margaret King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/81/4033

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This record is about the Margaret le Venour, widow of Robert le Venour. Venour Margaret King and council.... dating from [c. 1280- c. 1320] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/81/4033
Date
[c. 1280- c. 1320]
Description
Petitioners
Margaret le Venour, widow of Robert le Venour.
Name(s)
Venour, Margaret
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Venour requests that she can have execution of the damages awarded to her from the lands and tenements that Rasen had at the day that she purchased a writ of waste against him as he has divested himself of all his lands and tenements before judgment so that he had nothing to pay the damages.
Nature of endorsement
Nothing for this.
Places mentioned
Lincolnshire
Fillingham, [Lincolnshire].
People mentioned
Robert de Rasen.
Note
In the absence of internal evidence or other references this petition has been dated on the basis of its late thirteenth or early fourteenth century written style.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8299
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148573/

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