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Joan de Peshale, widow of Adam de Peshale, and Richard de Peshale, son and heir of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/172/8580

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This record is about the Joan de Peshale, widow of Adam de Peshale, and Richard de Peshale, son and heir of... dating from [1348] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/172/8580
Date
[1348]
Description
Petitioners
Joan de Peshale, widow of Adam de Peshale, and Richard de Peshale, son and heir of Adam de Peshale.
Name(s)
de Peshale; de Peshale, Joan; Richard
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The Peshales request that justice be done to them and that she is able to have her dower, and he is able to have his inheritance as her husband forfeited without being attainted of any manner of felony and the lands are now in the king's hand.
Nature of endorsement
Let the petition be sent into Chancery, and let the chancellor call the steward of the Chamber or his lieutenant, and the sergeants of the king and certain justices, and let the record and process concerning the judgment and the inquisition be viewed, and they should hear the reasons for the king and the party, and let justice be done.
People mentioned
Adam de Peshale.
Note
The petition is dated to 1348 as the petition is published in Rot. Parl. II from a Hale manuscript which dated the petitions to the parliament held in 21 Edw. III (Jan 1348) (Rot. Parl. vol. II, p.192a (no.69)).
Related material

For a related petition by Adam de Peshale's son, see SC 8/13/646

For a related petition from the Joan de Peshale, see SC 8/239/11903

For a petition relating to SC 8/13/646, see SC 8/244/12170

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.192a (no.69) (full edition of later copy of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294445/

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