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Isabel Abel. Abel Isabel King. Isabel Abel states that she has sued various writs...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/88/4383
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This record is about the Isabel Abel. Abel Isabel King. Isabel Abel states that she has sued various writs... 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 8/88/4383
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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 sued various writs against Henry de Sydenhale and his companions in Warwickshire and Nottinghamshire. On one occasion she was attacked and beaten in Holborn, and her arm broken and her writs taken, and then, when she had a day at Canterbury, a false inquest was procured against her in Middlesex, leading to her imprisonment in the Marshalsea. However, it was eventually decided before the justices at Canterbury that she should go quit. She requests the King's letters to the Chancellor or his lieutenant to do justice to her for these wrongs, and also a writ of conspiracy against her adversaries.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Warwickshire
- Nottinghamshire
- Holborn, [Middlesex]
- Westminster
- Marshalsea prison, [Southwark, Surrey]
- Canterbury, [Kent]
- Middlesex.
- People mentioned
- Henry de Sydenhale
- William de Wissynden, attorney of Henry de Sydenhale
- Richard de Wylughby (Willoughby)
- John de Cestre (Chester), attorney of Henry de Sydenhale
- Thomas le Vynter.
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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 105
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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/C9148925/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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