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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Joan de Sarstone (Garstone), widow of William de Sarstone (Garstone). de Sarstone...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/197/9826
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This record is about the Joan de Sarstone (Garstone), widow of William de Sarstone (Garstone). de Sarstone... dating from [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 8/197/9826
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Joan de Sarstone (Garstone), widow of William de Sarstone (Garstone).
- Name(s)
- de Sarstone (Garstone), Joan
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Joan, widow of William de Sarstone, states that she petitioned the Christmas parliament that Stephen de Penecestre, constable of Dover, had kept her out of her dower for eleven years and more. This accusation was put to Stephen, who said that if she could demonstrate to the King and council that she had been the wife of William de Sarstone, he would give her her dower; but he has prevented the King and council from seeing the letter from the Bishop of Winchester proving that marriage. She asks that this matter might be determined in the King's presence.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram consilio regis.Stephen de Penecestre has agreed to endow her when it can be shown to him by an inquiry that she was married to the man from whose death she is seeking the dower.
- Places mentioned
- Dover, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- William de Sarstone (Garstone)
- Stephen de Penecestre (Penchester), constable of Dover
- William de Corbrygge (Corbridge)
- [John of Pontoise], Bishop of Winchester
- Henry [III], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A Latin summary of this petition appears on a roll of petitions from the Easter parliament of 1290 (PROME roll 02, introduction). The petitioner's name appears there as Garstone, whereas on the petition it is clearly Sarstone.
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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)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.46a (no.2) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 02, appendix, no. 2 (full edition and translation) & 1290 Hilary parliament, introduction, notes 6 and 18 (discussion of matters arising from this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295715/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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