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Isabel Abel. Abel Isabel King. Isabel Abel asks the King to order that her pledges...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/88/4380

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This record is about the Isabel Abel. Abel Isabel King. Isabel Abel asks the King to order that her pledges... dating from [? c. 1342] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/88/4380
Date
[? c. 1342]
Description
Petitioners
Isabel Abel.
Name(s)
Abel, Isabel
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Isabel Abel asks the King to order that her pledges to sue might be received, as the Sheriffs, for gifts and maintenance of her adversaries, are refusing to receive them and returning that she cannot find any, and thus delaying her suit.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Note
No. 14706 of C 81/283 is dated 7 May 16 Edward III (1342): but it is not certain that this is one of the petitions referred to.
Related material

For another petition from the same petitioner see SC 8/88/4381

For an order to the Chancellor to do justice on the three petitions from Isabel Abel that the King is sending him, see no. 14706 of C 81/283

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 102
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148922/

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