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Blanche de Wake. de Wake Blanche King and council. Wake requests that Bassett pay...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/163/8116

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This record is about the Blanche de Wake. de Wake Blanche King and council. Wake requests that Bassett pay... dating from [c. 1369-c. 1374] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/163/8116
Date
[c. 1369-c. 1374]
Description
Petitioners
Blanche de Wake.
Name(s)
de Wake, Blanche
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Wake requests that Bassett pay her 50 marks and the Exchequer 25 marks owing for the sustenance of Leo Mowbray, her ward.
Nature of endorsement
Let a writ of the great seal be sent to Bassett to pay Wake what he owes, and also a writ of privy seal to the treasurer to pay what he owes for the reasons contained within.
Places mentioned
Axholme, [Lincolnshire]
Drayton (Drayton Bassett), [Staffordshire].
People mentioned
Leo [Mowbray], son of John Moubray (Mowbray) of Axholme
John de Moubray (Mowbray) of Axholme
Ralph Basset (Bassett) of Drayton.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. XIII, 1369-1374, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.370 (writ of intendendo re wardship of sons of John Moubray to Blanche Wake)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293961/

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