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John de Caunteton (Canterton). de Caunteton (Canterton) John King and council. [This...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/98/4879
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This record is about the John de Caunteton (Canterton). de Caunteton (Canterton) John King and council. [This... dating from [1307-1327] 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 8/98/4879
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1307-1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Caunteton (Canterton).
- Name(s)
- de Caunteton (Canterton), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged.] John de Caunteton states that the King's father ordained at Dunfermline that no man of Scotland would be disinherited, nor would any woman of Scotland lose her dower, by coming into the King's peace; and that on the same day John de Caunteton was granted the marriage of Alice, widow of Thomas de Soules, now his wife. However, her dower from her late husband's free tenement in Northumberland remains in the King's hand, and he has not been able to approach the King for it as he has been continually in his service. He asks that the dower might be delivered to his wife, and that he might have certain lands connected with this dower at farm.
- Nature of endorsement
- The King has granted that the petitioner's wife is to be endowed, and that she is to have two thirds of the lands etc. at farm only, paying as much annually for them at the King's Exchequer as the person who now holds them pays for those two thirds. And the Lieutenant of the King's Treasurer and the Barons of the Exchequer are to be ordered by a writ under the great seal to give her a commission for the aforesaid two thirds.
- Places mentioned
- Dunfermline, [Fife, Scotland]
- Scotland
- Northumberland
- Hoof (Heugh), Northumberland
- Stamfordham, Northumberland.
- People mentioned
- [Edward I], King of England
- Alice [de Soules], widow of Thomas de Soules
- Thomas de Soules.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the reference to the King's father's promise at Dunfermline, this would seem to be from the reign of Edward II, probably from the earlier part of that reign.
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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 1540
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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/C9149446/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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