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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Elizabeth du Castell (Castle), daughter of Sarah wife of Walter du Castell. Castell...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/104/5190
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This record is about the Elizabeth du Castell (Castle), daughter of Sarah wife of Walter du Castell. Castell... dating from [c. 1299-c. 1308] 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 8/104/5190
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1299-c. 1308]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Elizabeth du Castell (Castle), daughter of Sarah wife of Walter du Castell.
- Name(s)
- Castell (Castle), Elizabeth
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks recovery of certain lands and tenements that she has been unable to recover by the common law. She shows that with Walter and Sarah they jointly purchased from the heirs of John Thaney, one messuage, sixty acres of land, ten acres of woodland, two acres of meadow and 7s rent with appurtenances, to them and the heirs of Walter, in Lewisham. After Walter's death Sarah (without the agreement of the petitioner who was a minor), sold the said lands and tenements to the bishop, to the impoverishment of the petitioner. The bishop then granted the same to the king, together with the lease of lands in Eltham, and then granted by the king to the queen with the manor of Eltham. The appurtenances in the said lands the queen granted to Deuery, his wife and their heirs without giving the petitioner any reasonable notice to answer. The petitioner showed her evidences to the queen and her council, who answered that right in the matter lay with the king.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- She is to come into chancery and show her charters and ... the same ... of ... and by chancery certified in respect thereof to the king.2) Coram Rege.
- Places mentioned
- Lewisham, [Kent]
- Eltham, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- Anthony Bek, Bishop of Durham
- [Margaret of France,] Queen of England
- Sarah [de Castell (Castle)], wife of Walter
- Walter du Castell (Castle)
- John Thaney
- Aubyn Deuery
- Margaret [Deuery], wife of Aubyn.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The dating of the petition is uncertain; it dates some time during Anthony Bek's office as bishop of Durham (1283-1311), but the reference to the queen means that it must be before 1290 or after 1299: it is assumed, on the basis of the hand, that it is more likely to date within the later period, and that the queen in question is Margaret of France, which also means that the terminus ad quem is established at the point where Edward II married Isabella of France in 1308. This dating remains tentative.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.27 of PRO 31/7/97
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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 2402
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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/C9149760/
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