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Joan de Ciriseaux, widow of John de Ciriseaux. de Ciriseaux Joan King. Ciriseaux...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/176/8786

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This record is about the Joan de Ciriseaux, widow of John de Ciriseaux. de Ciriseaux Joan King. Ciriseaux... dating from [c. 1290-c. 1315] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/176/8786
Date
[c. 1290-c. 1315]
Description
Petitioners
Joan de Ciriseaux, widow of John de Ciriseaux.
Name(s)
de Ciriseaux, Joan
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Ciriseaux requests that the king write to his chancellor that he proceed to judgment on the pleadings of Ciriseaux and Sencher, as the petitioner's late husband, with the assent of his father, endowed her with the manor of Lanreath with the advowson of the church there for which the petitioner's mother gave to Richard Ciriseaux 100 marks, but after their death the king granted the keeping of the lands and marriage of the heir to Sencher and he entered her manor whereby Ciriseaux by writ of summons caused him to be brought before the chancellor where he had nothing to say for the king or himself except that he had could not answer without the king.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Lanreath, [Cornwall].
People mentioned
John de Ciriseaux, late husband of the petitioner
Richard de Ciriseaux, father of John de Ciriseaux
Martin Sencher.
Note
Dated speculatively to c. 1290-c. 1315 on the basis of the hand.
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/C9294654/

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