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Gonore Bingham, daughter of Andrew Wake, and widow of Robert son of Robert de Bingham....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/152/7589

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This record is about the Gonore Bingham, daughter of Andrew Wake, and widow of Robert son of Robert de Bingham.... dating from [? 1290-? 1310] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/152/7589
Date
[? 1290-? 1310]
Description
Petitioners
Gonore Bingham, daughter of Andrew Wake, and widow of Robert son of Robert de Bingham.
Name(s)
Bingham, Gonore
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Bigham requests remedy as she has no legal remedy as following her husband's death, by the procurement of her father-in-law she was ousted from land in Nether Melcombe by her son by an assize of novel disseisin. Basset has since seized the land, and it has come into the king's hand by his forfeiture. The land was given to her and her late husband by her father.1)
Nature of endorsement
Let it be ordered to the sheriff and escheator that they examine the matter, and if it sis found so, then they are to give dower to her.2) Coram rege in consilio.
Places mentioned
Nether Melcombe (Bingham's Melcombe), [Dorset].
People mentioned
Andrew Wake
Robert [de Bingham], son of Robert de Bingham
Roger Basset.
Note
The petition is speculatively dated to? 1290-? 1310 on the basis of the hand.
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/C9209777/

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