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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Isabel Abel of Tanworth. Abel Isabel King. Isabel Abel requests the King's writ of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/88/4382
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This record is about the Isabel Abel of Tanworth. Abel Isabel King. Isabel Abel requests the King's writ of... 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 8/88/4382
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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 of Tanworth.
- Name(s)
- Abel, Isabel
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Isabel Abel requests the King's writ of the privy seal to the sheriff of Warwickshire, to aid her in her business, that she might have a remedy for her false imprisonment in Warwick and elsewhere on fifteen occasions, as she cannot sue her right in Warwickshire or Worcestershire. She also requests a letter to the sheriff of Worcestershire, to put into execution the letters he has received from her, which he has not wished to do, and to grant her a good jury, not procured by her adversaries.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Tonoworth (Tanworth), [Warwickshire]
- Warwick, Warwickshire
- Worcestershire
- Pershore, [Worcestershire].
- People mentioned
- The Abbot of Pershore.
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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 104
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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/C9148924/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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