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William la Zousche (Zouche); Alice la Zousche (Zouche), wife of William la Zouche,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/153/7634
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This record is about the William la Zousche (Zouche); Alice la Zousche (Zouche), wife of William la Zouche,... dating from [c. 1315-c. 1320] 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 8/153/7634
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1315-c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William la Zousche (Zouche); Alice la Zousche (Zouche), wife of William la Zouche, widow of Guy de Beauchamp.
- Name(s)
- Zousche (Zouche); Zousche (Zouche), William; Alice
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Zousches request that they be assigned the value of the dower from a certain place in Worcestershire as they have sued for a third part of the manor of Beoley as dower, but those to whom the lands in various counties have been assigned have stated that they should not answer without the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- The justices are to be ordered that, when the petitions, both of William la Zousche and Alice his wife, and of Hugh le Despenser senior, have been read, if there is as much of the lands and tenements in the hands of those who hold by the King's commission of that inheritance by the extent etc. paying for this an annual farm at the Exchequer, that the aforesaid Alice can be fully dowered from it in the same county, then they are to have dower assigned to her as is just etc. from the same lands and tenements in the same county, leaving aside the lands and tenements which the aforesaid Hugh holds. And if the same Alice cannot be fully dowered from the tenements in the aforesaid county which are in the hands of those who hold by the extent, paying a farm in the Exchequer for this, then for what she lacks of the aforesaid dower, they are to make the same Alice an assignment from the tenements which are in the hands of the aforesaid Hugh.
- Places mentioned
- Beoley, Worcestershire
- Northumberland
- Worcestershire
- Warwickshire
- Gloucestershire
- Oxfordshire
- Rutland
- Middlesex.
- People mentioned
- Guy de Beauchamp, earl of Warwick
- John [de Beauchamp], earl of Warwick, son of Guy de Beauchamp
- William de Wellesburn
- Hugh le Despenser, the elder
- John de Somery
- Walter de Beauchamp
- William de Beauchamp
- Roger de Presthope.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1315-c. 1320 because Guy de Beauchamp died in 1315, and as this is a dispute concerning his widow's dower, a date range such as this seems most appropriate. As the petition is endorsed in Latin, it is likely to date to before 1322 when such responses were written in French.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related document by Despenser, see SC 8/153/7633
For transcript, see no.103 of PRO 31/7/95
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209823/
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