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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Elizabeth Dudder, widow of William Dudder; Joan Dudder, daughter and heir of William...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/214/10676
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This record is about the Elizabeth Dudder, widow of William Dudder; Joan Dudder, daughter and heir of William... dating from [c. 1400-c. 1450] 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 8/214/10676
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1400-c. 1450]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Elizabeth Dudder, widow of William Dudder; Joan Dudder, daughter and heir of William Dudder; Thomas Duddere (Dudder), brother of William Dudder.
- Name(s)
- Dudder; Dudder; Duddere (Dudder), Elizabeth; Joan; Thomas
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- Elizabeth, Joan and Thomas Dudder recount that Ashby was seized of a messuage in Northampton of the feoffment of Buckingham to the use of William Dudder, who charged Ashby to lease the messuage after his death to Elizabeth for her life, and the remainder to Joan and her heirs, and if she died without issue the remainder to Thomas and his heirs forever, which Ashby agreed to do. After William died the petitioners asked Ashby to make the feoffment to them but he would not, and Ashby, at Aleyn's instigation, with force and arms stole from Elizabeth the charters and muniments pertaining to the messuage. The petitioners request that writs be sent to Ashby and Aleyn ordering them to appear before the council to answer why the feoffment was not made to them.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Two writs to appear before the council should be sent.
- Places mentioned
- Blakesley, Northamptonshire
- Northampton, [Northamptonshire].
- People mentioned
- William Dudder
- John Assheby (Ashby) of Blakesley
- Henry Bokyngham (Buckingham)
- Robert Aleyn.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated impressionistically, on the basis of the hand and form, to the first half of the fifteenth century.
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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/C9334233/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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