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Alice Fournour, widow of Richard Fournour of York. Fournour Alice King. Alice Fournour...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/184/9174

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This record is about the Alice Fournour, widow of Richard Fournour of York. Fournour Alice King. Alice Fournour... dating from [1404] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/184/9174
Date
[1404]
Description
Petitioners
Alice Fournour, widow of Richard Fournour of York.
Name(s)
Fournour, Alice
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Alice Fournour requests that she be pardoned the four tuns of flour received by her late husband from members of the king's household when they last returned from Scotland. After his death in great poverty, she was distrained for the flour, arrested and imprisoned at York for a whole year until the king, in his recent visit, promised grace.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
York
Scotland.
People mentioned
Richard Fournour of York, baker.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.412 (requested pardon)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295051/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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