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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Cicely de Markham, daughter of John de Markham. de Markham Cicely King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/155/7718
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This record is about the Cicely de Markham, daughter of John de Markham. de Markham Cicely King and council.... dating from [1344] 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 8/155/7718
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1344]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Cicely de Markham, daughter of John de Markham.
- Name(s)
- de Markham, Cicely
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Markham requests that the escheator be ordered to remove his hand from land in Wiseton that he had taken into the king's hand because it was held in chief of the king and had been granted in fee by Norreys to his daughter, when the land was actually held of Bekyngham.
- Nature of endorsement
- If the matter is as the petition alleges then she should have a writ to the escheator to remove his hand, saving the king's right.
- Places mentioned
- Wiseton, [Nottinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- Henry le Norreys
- Sibyl [le Norreys], daughter of Henry le Norreys
- John de Markham, son of Sibyl le Norreys and father of the petitioner
- Alan de Bekyngham.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1344 as the escheator was ordered to remove his hand in response to this petition on 12 July 1344 (CCR 1343-6, p.334).
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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. VII, 1343-1346, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.334 (order to the escheator to remove his hand)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209909/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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