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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Margaret Marshal, Countess of Norfolk and Lady Seagrave (Segrave). Marshal, Countess...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/129/6450
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This record is about the Margaret Marshal, Countess of Norfolk and Lady Seagrave (Segrave). Marshal, Countess... dating from [1377] 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 8/129/6450
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Margaret Marshal, Countess of Norfolk and Lady Seagrave (Segrave).
- Name(s)
- Marshal, Countess of Norfolk and Lady Seagrave (Segrave), Margaret
- Addressees
- King and Lords of Parliament.
- Nature of request
- Margaret, Countess of Norfolk, requests the cessation of a case in King's Bench, whereby her tenants in Everton and Fenstanton are being distrained for contributions towards the upkeep of the bridge at Huntingdon. She claims that the tenants of these lands, parts of the earldom of Norfolk and the lordship of Seagrave, are exempt from such charges.
- Nature of endorsement
- The bill should be sent to Chancery for right to be done, and let the process against the lady and her tenants be stopped until the octave of John the Baptist next, and in the meantime the lady should sue in discharge of her and her tenants.
- Places mentioned
- Everton, Huntingdonshire
- Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire
- Huntingdon, [Huntingdonshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The resultant order to the justices was issued on 16 February 1377, clearly dating this petition (and others on this matter) to the January parliament of 1377.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a similar petition from the Earl of March see SC 8/20/982
For a similar petition from the Countess of Hereford see SC 8/18/886
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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 6087
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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 III, vol. XIV, 1374-1377, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.533 (resultant order to the justices)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.30a (edition of petition, wrongly dated)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208629/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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