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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
Eleanor Fitz John, widow of Herbert Fitz John. Fitz John Eleanor King and Council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/168/8386
What’s it about?
This record is about the Eleanor Fitz John, widow of Herbert Fitz John. Fitz John Eleanor King and Council.... dating from [c. 1328] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/168/8386
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1328]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Eleanor Fitz John, widow of Herbert Fitz John.
- Name(s)
- Fitz John, Eleanor
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- Eleanor Fitz John requests remedy regarding her rights to the third part of the office of sealer of writs in England, granted to her on her marriage. However, the petition is damaged, and some details are now missing.
- Nature of endorsement
- [Illegible]
- People mentioned
- Herbert Fitz John (son of John), late husband of the petitioner
- John Fitz Reginald (son of Reginald), father of Herbert Fitz John
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1328, with reference to an inquisition into this matter held in April 1328 and seemingly referred to in the petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner about her dower, see SC 8/111/5535
For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/54/2680
For another petition from the petitioner about her dower, see SC 8/17/812
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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 Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1034 (related inquisition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294232/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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