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Rose de Bureford (Burford), executrix of the testament of John de Burford. de Bureford...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/158/7871

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This record is about the Rose de Bureford (Burford), executrix of the testament of John de Burford. de Bureford... dating from [c. 1322] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/158/7871
Date
[c. 1322]
Description
Petitioners
Rose de Bureford (Burford), executrix of the testament of John de Burford.
Name(s)
de Bureford (Burford), Rose
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Bureford requests payment of the £100 lent by John de Burford to the king for his use, which sum should have been paid out of the next customs of London after the month of St John in the 15th year as appears by letters patent.
Nature of endorsement
She should go to Chancery and show there that she is executrix and the letters which she has, and she should have a writ of assignment according to the tenor of those letters.
Places mentioned
London.
People mentioned
John de Bureford (Burford), late citizen of London
Walter de Norwyz (Norwich), treasurer
Roger de Northburgh, Keeper of the Wardrobe.
Note
The petition appears to date to c. 1322 as unconnected references to the executors of John Burford, and to the petitioner are found occurring in the patent and close rolls for June and October 1322 (CCR 1318-23, p.460; CPR 1321-4, p.206).
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/113/5604

For the copy of a writ formerly attached to this petition see SC 8/158/7872

For a related document see SC 8/178/8896

For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/178/8894

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/C9210063/

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