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Blanche Wake, Lady Wake. Wake, Lady Wake Blanche King. Blanche Wake, Lady Wake, states...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/150/7464

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This record is about the Blanche Wake, Lady Wake. Wake, Lady Wake Blanche King. Blanche Wake, Lady Wake, states... dating from [1377-1380] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/150/7464
Date
[1377-1380]
Description
Petitioners
Blanche Wake, Lady Wake.
Name(s)
Wake, Lady Wake, Blanche
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Blanche Wake, Lady Wake, states that she holds the manors of Bourne and Deeping in Kesteven in Lincolnshire, bordering the River Welland, for term of life, with the reversion to the Princess of Wales, and that a petition has been presented in parliament by certain people of Kesteven and Holland proposing a boundary between the two areas which could be to her disinheritance and that of other lords in those parts. She asks that nothing might be done on this petition without summoning her, the Princess' council, and any others who might be disinherited by this.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Bourne, Lincolnshire
Deeping, Lincolnshire
Kesteven, Lincolnshire
River Welland
Holland, Lincolnshire.
People mentioned
[Joan of Kent], Princess of Wales.
Note
This petition would seem to date from between the death of the Black Prince in 1376 and the petitioner's death in 1380.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209649/

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