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Eleanor Fitz John, widow of Herbert Fitz John. Fitz John Eleanor King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/172/8578

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This record is about the Eleanor Fitz John, widow of Herbert Fitz John. Fitz John Eleanor King and council.... dating from [1328] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/172/8578
Date
[1328]
Description
Petitioners
Eleanor Fitz John, widow of Herbert Fitz John.
Name(s)
Fitz John, Eleanor
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Fitz John requests remedy as she was granted the manor of Harescombe by her late husband with his father's assent at their espousal, but it has now come into the king's hand by grant of Fitz John and Fitz Reginald, and she has been out of her dower for 6 years.
Nature of endorsement
She should show what he has of the assignment in Chancery, and let it be shown to the people who come who are assigned of to enquire if she be dowered as the bill purport. And let it be ordered to the treasurer and chamberlains that they certify of the tenor of the charter, and of to search if the petitioner has released or quitclaimed her rights, and let it be enquired of if the heir has any right by descent, and when the inquisition is returned into Chancery, let the chancellor certify the king.
Places mentioned
Harescombe, [Gloucestershire].
People mentioned
Herbert Fitz John, late husband of the petitioner
John Fitz Reginald, father-in-law of the petitioner.
Note
The petition dates to 1328 as the commission and inquisition concerning the same was made between March and April 1328 (CIM 1307-49, no.1034).
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner concerning her dower, see SC 8/168/8386

For another petition by the same petitioner about her dower, see SC 8/17/812

For another petition from the petitioner about her dower, see SC 8/257/12805

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1034 (inquisition into the matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294443/

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