Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we're still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

Item

Joan de Mohaut, widow of Robert de Mohaut. de Mohaut Joan King. Joan de Mohaut requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/128/6375

What’s it about?

This record is about the Joan de Mohaut, widow of Robert de Mohaut. de Mohaut Joan King. Joan de Mohaut requests... dating from [c. 1282] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

Access information is unavailable

Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.

Full description and record details

Reference
SC 8/128/6375
Date
[c. 1282]
Description
Petitioners
Joan de Mohaut, widow of Robert de Mohaut.
Name(s)
de Mohaut, Joan
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Joan de Mohaut requests the restoration of the third part of the manor of Hawarden which she holds in dower, from which she has been ousted by Grey.
Nature of endorsement
[on face] Let the writs by which she has been dowered be viewed in Chancery.[on dorse] Speak about this with the King.
Places mentioned
Hawarden, [Flintshire, Wales].
People mentioned
Robert de Mohaut, late husband of the petitioner
Guncelin (Giles) de Badlesmere, Justice of Chester
Reynold (Reginald) de Grey, Justice of Chester.
Note
Grey replaced Badlesmere as justice of Chester on 14 November 1281, and it seems likely that the petition was presented soon afterwards. It was probably connected with the succession of her son, Roger, who came of age around this time.
Related material

For transcript, see p.159 of PRO 31/7/93

For a related petition see SC 8/128/6376

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5927
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. I, Edw I, 1272-1307, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.155 (replacement of Badlesmere by Grey as justice of Chester)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208553/

Series information

SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

74,884 records

Within the department: SC

Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly...

18,283 records

Within the series: SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

53 records

Within the piece: SC 8/128

6351-6400. Individual petitions are described , dated, and are available at item...

You are currently looking at the item: SC 8/128/6375

Joan de Mohaut, widow of Robert de Mohaut. de Mohaut Joan King. Joan de Mohaut requests...

Related records

Records that share similar topics with this record.