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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Margery Lewer, widow of Robert Lewer. Lewer Margery King. Margery Lewer asks that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/122/6098
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This record is about the Margery Lewer, widow of Robert Lewer. Lewer Margery King. Margery Lewer asks that... dating from [c. 1324] 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 8/122/6098
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Margery Lewer, widow of Robert Lewer.
- Name(s)
- Lewer, Margery
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Margery Lewer asks that she be acquitted of the murder of Boscombe, for which she has been falsely accused by her enemies, and should be released from prison.
- Nature of endorsement
- She shall have a writ of chancery for her deliverance on this indictment by the law of the land.Coram rege.
- People mentioned
- Robert Lewer, former husband of the petitioner
- Peter de Boscombe.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the dorse to c. 1324. Margery was pardoned on 9 September 1324 for her involvement in rebellion, and, named as a former rebel, her release from prison had been ordered on 30 July 1324. The petition presumably pre-dates these events.
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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 5186
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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 II, vol. IV, 1323-1327, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.203 (order to the sheriff of Hampshire to release Margery Lewer, late rebel, and deliver her to Ralph Cammoys)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. V, 1324-1327, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.21 (pardon to Margery Lewer for lately being in rebellion against the king)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208268/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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