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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
Item
Eleanor Burton, widow of William Burton, knight. Burton Eleanor King and council...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/94/4666
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This record is about the Eleanor Burton, widow of William Burton, knight. Burton Eleanor King and council... dating from [? c. 1383] 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 8/94/4666
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1383]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Eleanor Burton, widow of William Burton, knight.
- Name(s)
- Burton, Eleanor
- Addressees
- King and council of parliament.
- Nature of request
- Burton requests remedy for herself and others who are troubled by suits in foreign counties, Stapillowe having made several false suits against her.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Middlesex
- Essex
- Huntingdonshire.
- People mentioned
- Thomas Stapillowe
- [John of Gaunt], Duke of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition has been dated to? c. 1383 based on references to the close rolls noted on the guard. The notes consist of two references to the petitioner in indentures of grant, neither of which relate directly to the petition so that the date must considered with some caution (CCR 1381-5, pp.243, 245).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.17 of PRO 31/7/108
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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 793
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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/C9149217/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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