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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Joan Torthorald, widow of John Torthorald. Torthorald Joan King. Joan, widow of John...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/145/7202
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This record is about the Joan Torthorald, widow of John Torthorald. Torthorald Joan King. Joan, widow of John... dating from [? c. 1335] 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 8/145/7202
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Joan Torthorald, widow of John Torthorald.
- Name(s)
- Torthorald, Joan
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Joan, widow of John Torthorald, states that the King granted her husband 100s annually from the farm of Exning, by the hands of the Sheriffs of Suffolk, and that her husband was killed in the war in Scotland, and all his ancestors in the wars of the late King, so that she is left burdened with children and without support. She therefore asks that she might be granted the 100s., for term of her life.
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the council, if it please the King, that it would be alms for her to have the said 100s., at the King's pleasure.
- Places mentioned
- Exning, Suffolk
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- John Torthorald
- [Edward II], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1333-7 p.171 is dated 22 January 1334, and John is still alive at this point. The petition must date from after 1334, probably, from the hand, not too long after 1334.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.74 of PRO 31/7/104
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.171 (order to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to make allowance to the Sheriffs of Suffolk for the 100s. paid to John Torthorald)
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209383/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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