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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Ralph Overton of Essex. Overton Ralph King. Ralph Overton requests the restoration...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/183/9137
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This record is about the Ralph Overton of Essex. Overton Ralph King. Ralph Overton requests the restoration... dating from [1385] 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 8/183/9137
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1385]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Ralph Overton of Essex.
- Name(s)
- Overton, Ralph
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Ralph Overton requests the restoration of lands in Essex, of the inheritance of his wife Christina, seized into the late king's hands on account of felonies for which he abjured the realm, and for which he now has pardon.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Essex
- Stapleford Abbots, Essex
- Lambourne, Essex.
- People mentioned
- Edward III, King of England
- Christina [Overton], wife of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The requested grant was made on 29 May 1385.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the chancery warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.50 of C 81/1345
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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)
- French
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.558 (requested grant)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295014/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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