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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
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Isabel Abel. Abel Isabel King. Isabel Abel states that she has pursued her right...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/88/4381
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This record is about the Isabel Abel. Abel Isabel King. Isabel Abel states that she has pursued her right... dating from [? c. 1342] 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 8/88/4381
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1342]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Isabel Abel.
- Name(s)
- Abel, Isabel
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Isabel Abel states that she has pursued her right for ten years and more, and that in the course of this she has been imprisoned fifteen times by procurement of her adversaries and of Henry de Sydenhale, and often been beaten and wounded, and had her writs and letters from the King stolen. And now, in Winchester, in Hyde Abbey church, she was beaten and wounded again, and her writs and letters stolen, by a Chancery clerk, kinsman to her adversary and others, so that she can have no remedy at law. She asks that a loyal, incorruptible man might be ordered to oversee the wrong done to her and to aid and maintain her in her right until her suit is done.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Winchester, [Hampshire]
- Hyde, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- Henry de Sydenhale.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 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.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the same petitioner see SC 8/88/4380
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
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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 103
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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/C9148923/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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