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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Alice de Beauchamp, widow of Walter de Beauchamp. de Beauchamp Alice King. Alice...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/218/10879
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This record is about the Alice de Beauchamp, widow of Walter de Beauchamp. de Beauchamp Alice King. Alice... dating from [c. 1303] 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 8/218/10879
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1303]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alice de Beauchamp, widow of Walter de Beauchamp.
- Name(s)
- de Beauchamp, Alice
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Alice de Beauchamp makes five separate requests.1) She requests the keeping of Gloucester castle and Barton Regis in payment of debts owed to her late husband.2) She states that her husband was pardoned for the escape of Seint Cler and Urry from Gloucester castle, and requests that his heirs also be pardoned any fines.3) She requests allowance for houses and fish weirs built by her husband at Gloucester.4) She requests that 100 marks pledged by her husband and others for the keeping of the manor of Erith be discharged, and their costs in the manor be reimbursed, as the manor has since been grantee to the queen.5) She also requests assistance, as the goods of her husband do not cover her debts, and she has nothing by which she and her children may live.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face, following the second, third and fourth requests only] Granted by the king.
- Places mentioned
- Gloucester, [Gloucestershire]
- Barton Regis, [Gloucestershire]
- Erhithe (Erith), [Kent].
- People mentioned
- Walter de Beauchamp, late husband of the petitioner
- William de Seint Cler (Saint Clare)
- Duncan Urry
- [Margaret of France], Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1303, with reference to a grant to the petitioner of the keeping of Gloucester Castle on 18 February 1303, possibly in response to the first request.
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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)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. I, Edw I, 1272-1307, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.469 (grant to the petitioner of the keeping of Gloucester castle)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334437/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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