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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mary Assheby (Ashby) of Lincolnshire. Assheby (Ashby) Mary Lords of parliament. Mary...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/89/4402
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This record is about the Mary Assheby (Ashby) of Lincolnshire. Assheby (Ashby) Mary Lords of parliament. Mary... dating from [? 1421] 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 8/89/4402
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1421]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mary Assheby (Ashby) of Lincolnshire.
- Name(s)
- Assheby (Ashby), Mary
- Addressees
- Lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- Mary Assheby of Lincolnshire states that while she was promised to be married to John Thymelby, son of Thomas Thymelby of the same county, and they were in fact married by law of Holy Church, John's father, Thomas, has separated them, and is holding John prisoner in his house. She asks the lords to ask the Duke of Bedford, Guardian of England, to have Thomas summoned before the council to answer for his actions.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Lincolnshire.
- People mentioned
- John Thymelby (Thimbleby), son of Thomas Thymelby
- Thomas Thymelby (Thimbelby)
- [John of Lancaster], Duke of Bedford and Protector of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '? 1421', presumably with reference to the Duke of Bedford, guardian of the realm in the absence of his brother: but he was also guardian on other occasions.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.38 of PRO 31/7/114
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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 140
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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/C9148945/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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