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Sybil Styveton, widow of Robert Styveton. Styveton Sybil King and council. Request...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/140/6980

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This record is about the Sybil Styveton, widow of Robert Styveton. Styveton Sybil King and council. Request... dating from [c. 1322] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/140/6980
Date
[c. 1322]
Description
Petitioners
Sybil Styveton, widow of Robert Styveton.
Name(s)
Styveton, Sybil
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Request for recovery of estates lost at the time of the death of the petitioner's husband.
Nature of endorsement
Against the executors there is no action; against the others, let them have a writ of trespass.
Places mentioned
Nottinghamshire
Derbyshire.
People mentioned
Robert Styveton
Elis de Whitteley
William de la Ford
Gilbert de Stapelton, escheator north of the Trent.
Note
Dated in relation to SC 8/5/226 and by internal reference to Stapelton, who was escheator 1320-1.
Related material

A petition from the petitioner's daughter which may be related is SC 8/5/226

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295947/

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