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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Alice Kirkeby (Kirkby), widow. Kirkeby (Kirkby) Alice King. Alice Kirkeby states...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/181/9009
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This record is about the Alice Kirkeby (Kirkby), widow. Kirkeby (Kirkby) Alice King. Alice Kirkeby states... dating from [1440] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/181/9009
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1440]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alice Kirkeby (Kirkby), widow.
- Name(s)
- Kirkeby (Kirkby), Alice
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Alice Kirkeby states that, following disputes over certain property in Cliffe with her, her son and Yevan, Fetiplace has secretly brought a case against them, knowing that she lived 92 miles away and that her son was in the service of the Bishop of Salisbury in the North. He has claimed that they forcibly entered the property, when the whole shire knew the opposite to be true, and has also got her only counsel, Bamburgh, appointed as a commissioner in the case, leaving her with no counsel in the county. She therefore requests that Bamburgh be replaced, and that right be done to her.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] The King wills that the Chancellor do as is desired, and at Windsor, 7 July in the 18th year, presents John Hampton. Bekynton.
- Places mentioned
- Calais, [France]
- Clyve (Cliffe), Kent.
- People mentioned
- John Brynkeley (Brinkley), treasurer of the wharves of Calais, late husband of the petitioner
- Piers (Peter) Fetiplace
- John Kirkeby, esquire, son of the petitioner
- [Robert Nevill], Bishop of Salisbury
- John Yevan
- John Bamburgh
- John Hampton
- [Thomas] Bekynton (Beckington).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The note at the foot (now damaged by water and difficult to read) is dated 7 July in the king's 18th year. The accompanying signature 'Bekynton' is clearly that of Thomas Beckington, secretary to Henry VI between 1437 and 1443 (later Bishop of Bath and Wells), thus dating the endorsement (and presumably the petition) to 1440.
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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)
- English
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294886/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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