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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Matilda Bouteteurt (Buteturte). Bouteteurt (Buteturte) Matilda King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/90/4483
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This record is about the Matilda Bouteteurt (Buteturte). Bouteteurt (Buteturte) Matilda King and council.... dating from [c. 1327] 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 8/90/4483
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Matilda Bouteteurt (Buteturte).
- Name(s)
- Bouteteurt (Buteturte), Matilda
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Bouteteurt requests a writ to the escheator to remove his hand from the manor of Iselhampstede which is part of her inheritance but which Despenser attached to him through his power and menaces because of her late husband's role in the first quarrel of Thomas of Lancaster.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Because the king has given the manor to Bereford, and he is in seisin, without a further great council nothing can be done.2) She should proceed by the common law.
- Places mentioned
- Iselhampstede (Chenies), (Buckinghamshire).
- People mentioned
- Hugh le Despenser, the younger
- John de Buteturte, late husband of the petitioner
- Thomas of [Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1327 as it refers to the quarrel of Thomas of Lancaster and to Edward II, the king's father.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the petitioner's husband, see SC 8/35/1731
For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/171/8534
For another petition by the petitioner and her husband, see SC 8/95/4715
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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 393
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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/C9149028/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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