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Isabel de Prendregest, widow of Adam de Prendregest. de Prendregest Isabel King....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/196/9774

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This record is about the Isabel de Prendregest, widow of Adam de Prendregest. de Prendregest Isabel King.... dating from [? 1357] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/196/9774
Date
[? 1357]
Description
Petitioners
Isabel de Prendregest, widow of Adam de Prendregest.
Name(s)
de Prendregest, Isabel
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Isabel, widow of Adam de Prendregest, who has been left alone with many children, requests that she might be served with what the King gave her and her late husband for their sustenance, in some certain place in Hull or York, as she is not capable of the effort and cost involved in suing in the Exchequer.
Nature of endorsement
Because it seems [to the council] that the patent for [£20] is void by the death of Adam de Prendregest, the King is pleased to grant his wife . . ., for herself and for her children, [20 marks] annually, to be received from the Sheriff of Northumberland, for term of [her life] or until she is . . .
Places mentioned
Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
York.
People mentioned
Adam de Prendregest.
Note
Dated to c. 1357 with reference to CPR 1354-8 p.535 is dated 16 May 1357, and would seem to agree with the endorsement of this petition. Isabel is also mentioned in CPR 1354-8 pp.555-556, dated 12 May 1357.
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, Edw III, vol. X, 1354-1358, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.535 (grant of 20 marks annually out of the issues of Northumberland to the petitioner, as well as a house in Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295662/

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