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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Alice de Loundres (London), widow of John de Loundres. de Loundres (London) Alice...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/124/6161
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This record is about the Alice de Loundres (London), widow of John de Loundres. de Loundres (London) Alice... dating from [1333-1334] 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 8/124/6161
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1333-1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alice de Loundres (London), widow of John de Loundres.
- Name(s)
- de Loundres (London), Alice
- Nature of request
- Alice, widow and executor of John de Loundres, requests the return of a tenement on the corner of Briggate [in Berwick], leased to her late husband by Michael Lambyn for 15 years from 1329. The tenement is now in the hands of the king, and she seeks to recover the property for the remainder of the term.
- Nature of endorsement
- Lambyn and his ancestors were seised of this tenement in the time of King Alexander, and he demised it to the said John for the term given in the petition for a certain sum paid in advance, and the said John was seised of the tenement until ousted by the sheriff, and he had rents in the town at the time, and that his executors ought to have that tenement.Let them have a writ to deliver the tenement to them, and no others in the king's hands, to hold until the end of the said term, saving to the king and anyone else.
- Places mentioned
- Briggate, [Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- John de Loundres (Londres, London), late husband of the petitioner
- Michael Lambyn
- Alexander [III], King of Scotland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The resultant writ to the sheriff of Berwick was issued from York on 4 March 1334. Forms part of a group of petitions from this family relating to the aftermath of the capture of Berwick in 1333.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from that petitioner see SC 8/124/6163
For a similar petition from the petitioner's son see SC 8/124/6165
For a related petition from John de Loundres' son, see SC 8/124/6160
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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 5327
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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)
- Rotuli Scotiae, vol. I, Ed. D. Macpherson, (Eyre & Strahan, 1814), p.268 (resultant writ to the sheriff of Berwick)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208331/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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