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Alice Martyn (Martin). Martyn (Martin) Alice King. Alice Martyn states that John...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/196/9758

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Reference
SC 8/196/9758
Date
[1320]
Description
Petitioners
Alice Martyn (Martin).
Name(s)
Martyn (Martin), Alice
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Alice Martyn states that John de Eston has disseised her of her free tenement, and requests a letter to the Chancellor to grant her a writ of right, as John is so rich that she can have no justice against him, and has had her imprisoned several times to prevent her suit.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
People mentioned
John de Eston.
Note
Formerly enclosed with CCW 1244-1326 p.512, which is dated 29 August 1320.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.512 (order to give the petitioner a remedy, letting her have the writs without payment because of her poverty)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295646/

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