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Wesebel de Skenefrith. de Skenefrith Wesebel King. Wesebel de Skenefrith claims that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/196/9798
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This record is about the Wesebel de Skenefrith. de Skenefrith Wesebel King. Wesebel de Skenefrith claims that... dating from [c. 1286-c. 1290] 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 8/196/9798
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1286-c. 1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Wesebel de Skenefrith.
- Name(s)
- de Skenefrith, Wesebel
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Wesebel de Skenefrith claims that James del Escheker has raped her, after tricking and deceiving her into being alone with him, and that when he saw that she was going to complain he promised to marry her - although he had a wife already - and he has destroyed her goods and engendered two children on her. And this took place on the Friday after the Trinity in the year when the King went overseas. She requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- With the ministers before the crossing.To be shown to the Treasurer.
- Places mentioned
- Middlesex.
- People mentioned
- James del Escheker (Exchequer).
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295686/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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