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Mabel de Bradesshawe (Bradshaw), wife of William de Bradesshawe. de Bradesshawe (Bradshaw)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/168/8376

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This record is about the Mabel de Bradesshawe (Bradshaw), wife of William de Bradesshawe. de Bradesshawe (Bradshaw)... dating from [? 1334] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/168/8376
Date
[? 1334]
Description
Petitioners
Mabel de Bradesshawe (Bradshaw), wife of William de Bradesshawe.
Name(s)
de Bradesshawe (Bradshaw), Mabel
Addressees
King and Council.
Nature of request
Mabel de Bradesshawe appears to request the arrest of the people indicted for the murder of her husband, who they murdered after he was appointed by the king to arrest them. However, the petition is badly damaged and incomplete.
Nature of endorsement
Let suitable people be assigned to arrest the people as contained in the petition.
Places mentioned
Lancashire
Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
Ightenhill Park, [Lancashire].
People mentioned
William de Bradesshawe (Bradshaw), late husband of the petitioner.
Note
A commission was issued on 2 March 1334 for the arrest of various people connected with the death of Bradshaw.
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/33/1645

For another petition by the same petitioner, to which this petition was apparently formerly attached, see SC 8/296/14769

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. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.178-9 (order to the sheriff of Lancashire to arrest the goods of those indicted for the murder of William de Bradeshawe)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), pp.572-3 (appointment of commissioners to arrest people indicted for the death of William de Bradeshawe and breaking his park)
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