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Joan de Felton, widow of Thomas de Felton. de Felton Joan King and council in the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/111/5517
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/111/5517
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1381]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Joan de Felton, widow of Thomas de Felton.
- Name(s)
- de Felton, Joan
- Addressees
- King and council in the present parliament.
- Nature of request
- Felton requests a writ to the barons of the Exchequer commanding them that if they are able to find by charters and other evidences shown by Felton or by inquisition that she had a joint estate in several manors in Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Suffolk then they should do justice to her and deliver them to her as they have been seized into the king's hand for prests received by her late husband. She further requests that she be able to make an account for the prests received by her husband and not accounted for by him before the making of the jointure of Felton if she is able to show that she has a joint estate with her late husband in them.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Kirton in Lindsey, [Lincolnshire]
- Fordham, [Cambridgeshire]
- Aslackby, [Lincolnshire]
- Wilby, [Norfolk]
- Banham, [Norfolk]
- Grays (Greys) manor in Banham, [Norfolk]
- Barrow, [Suffolk]
- Great Ryburgh, [Norfolk]
- Little Ryburgh, [Norfolk]
- Gilham (Jelham) Hall in Dersingham, [Norfolk]
- Dersingham, [Norfolk]
- Ingoldisthorpe, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Felton, late husband of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1381 as it was answered by two orders to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer made on 20 December 1381 and 26 January 1382 (CCR 1381-5, pp.30, 33).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition on a related matter by Thomas de Felton's executors see SC 8/111/5509
For transcript, see nos.22 & 23 of PRO 31/7/107
For a petition on a related matter by the same petitioner see SC 8/111/5505
For another petition on a related matter by the same petitioner see SC 8/104/5168
An alternative version of this petition, addressed to the council only, is SC 8/85/4215
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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 3437
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1920), pp.30, 33 (order to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to remove their hand from the lands if they find as the petition alleges)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150182/
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