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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Eleanor Fitz John, widow of Herbert Fitz John. Fitz John Eleanor King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/111/5537
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This record is about the Eleanor Fitz John, widow of Herbert Fitz John. Fitz John Eleanor King and council.... dating from [1328] 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 8/111/5537
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1328]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Eleanor Fitz John, widow of Herbert Fitz John.
- Name(s)
- Fitz John, Eleanor
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Fitz John requests remedy as has sued against Hanlo to the justices of the Bench for her third part of the manor of Swerford as dower granted to her by her late husband with his father's assent, and Hanlo has claimed that he cannot answer without the king as he was leased the manor for his life by Despenser and the king has the reversion because of Despenser's forfeiture.
- Nature of endorsement
- She should have a writ to the justices etc. that they should proceed to a final discussion of the matter, notwithstanding etc. but they should not proceed to judgement without the council of the king.
- Places mentioned
- Swerford, Oxfordshire.
- People mentioned
- Herbert Fitz John, late husband of the petitioner, son and heir of John Fitz Reynald
- John de Hanlo
- Hugh le Despenser
- John Fitz Reynald, father of Herbert Fitz John.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1328 as justice of the Bench was ordered to proceed in the hearing of the plea on 26 October 1328 (CCR 1327-30, pp.331-2).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner concerning her dower, see SC 8/168/8386
For another petition by the same petitioner formerly attached to this one, see SC 8/54/2680
For another petition by the same petitioner about her dower, see SC 8/17/812
For another petition by the same petitioner about her dower see SC 8/111/5535
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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 3484
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), pp.331-2 (order to the justices to proceed)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.409a (no.174) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150203/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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