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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Joan de Wyrhal, widow of Richard de Wyrhal, citizen of London. de Wyrhal Joan King....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/148/7381
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/148/7381
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Joan de Wyrhal, widow of Richard de Wyrhal, citizen of London.
- Name(s)
- de Wyrhal, Joan
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Joan, widow of Richard de Wyrhal, citizen of London, states that she claimed her dower from certain tenements in London formerly belonging to her husband, against one Reginald de Thunderle, but that her suit has been delayed because he says requests a judgment as to whether he ought to answer without the King, as the tenements at one time belonged to Edmund, Earl of Cornwall, who enfeoffed him with them, and then came into the King's hand as Edmund's heir. She requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.She is to have a writ of Chancery to the Mayor and Sheriffs of London to proceed, notwithstanding etc. as is contained in the petition.The charter of Edmund, Earl of Cornwall, whose heir the King is.
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- Richard de Wyrhal, citizen of London
- Reginald de Thunderle
- Edmund [of Almaine], Earl of Cornwall.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1301-7 pp.411-412 is dated 21 December 1305, and is clearly the ultimate result of the petition. SC 8/144/7196 is a more immediate response.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition from Reginal de Thunderle, see SC 8/144/7196
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.411-412 (order to pay Joan de Wyrhal her dower out of the farm of the city)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209566/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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