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Amice (Fitz Simon), sister of Fulk Lestrange and widow of Richard Fitz Simon. Fitz...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/123/6115
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/123/6115
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1320-1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Amice (Fitz Simon), sister of Fulk Lestrange and widow of Richard Fitz Simon.
- Name(s)
- Fitz Simon, Amice
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- Amice states that in the thirteenth year of the present king's reign, Simon Fitz Richard brought an assize of novel disseisin against her, concerning the manor of Great Dunmow. Due to the maintenance of the earl of Hereford (to whom Simon had promised to give the manor), she lost the case and the manor, and requests that the king enquire into this.
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the Council that nothing can be done concerning the people contained in this petition.Coram Rege.
- Places mentioned
- Great Dunmow, Essex
- Huntingdonshire
- Essex.
- People mentioned
- Fulk Lestrange (Strange), brother of the petitioner
- Richard Fitz Simon, former husband of the petitioner
- Simon Fitz Richard, valet of the earl of Hereford
- [Humphrey de Bohun], Earl of Hereford
- Robert de Maddyngle, justice
- Humphrey de Walden, justice, steward of the earl of Hereford
- John de Lachelegh.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition would appear to be a copy of SC 8/5/247, and thus would also seem to date to the period 1320-1322. The petition refers to an assize of 13 [Edward II] (1319-20), and the manor was granted to Bohun on 8 July 1320. It presumably also pre-dates the deaths of both Simon Fitz Richard on 4 March 1322 and Humphrey de Bohun on 16 March 1322, as neither is specified as being deceased.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition relating to this manor see SC 8/120/5960
For a near-duplicate of this petition see SC 8/5/247
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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 5220
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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 Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. VI, 10-20 Edw II, (Public Record Office, 1910), no.538 (writ and inquisition into the manor of Dunmow)
- Law and Order in Fourteenth-Century England: The Evidence of Special Commissions of Oyer and Terminer, R. W. Kaeuper, (Whiting & Co., London, 1979), p.763 note 132 (reference to petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208285/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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Amice (Fitz Simon), sister of Fulk Lestrange and widow of Richard Fitz Simon. Fitz...