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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Mumby. de Mumby William King and Council. William de Mumby requests that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/128/6378
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/128/6378
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1328]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Mumby.
- Name(s)
- de Mumby, William
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- William de Mumby requests that Liefhog be made to account for sums spent on the burial of his wife, Alice, who died in Wales. He states that Alice made an oral will, which was never written down, with which he did not agree, but he now has no remedy against Liefhog, who has seized £6 worth of his goods (presumably to execute the will).
- Nature of endorsement
- Sue at the common law.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Wales.
- People mentioned
- Alice Leuys, wife of the petitioner
- John Liefhog, chandler of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petitioner states that his wife died in August 1328, and thus presumably the complaint was made soon afterwards.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.40 of PRO 31/7/96
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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 5934
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208556/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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