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Margery Corbet, widow of Robert Corbet. Corbet Margery King and council. [The petition...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/171/8501

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This record is about the Margery Corbet, widow of Robert Corbet. Corbet Margery King and council. [The petition... dating from [c. 1310-c. 1335] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/171/8501
Date
[c. 1310-c. 1335]
Description
Petitioners
Margery Corbet, widow of Robert Corbet.
Name(s)
Corbet, Margery
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
[The petition is partially illegible and the sense difficult to recover].Corbet requests that it is commanded that she is able to . . . so that she can claim concerning her lands and tenements which are . . . as she has nothing to live on.
Nature of endorsement
She is to have 5 quarters of wheat.
People mentioned
Roger Corbet, late husband of the petitioner.
Note
The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1310-c. 1335 on the basis of the hand. As the response is in French it is likely that the petition is after 1322.
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/C9294366/

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