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John de Neele (Nesle), Lord of Falvy. de Neele (Nesle), Lord of Falvy John King....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/220/10955
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This record is about the John de Neele (Nesle), Lord of Falvy. de Neele (Nesle), Lord of Falvy John King.... dating from [1290-1307] 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 8/220/10955
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1290-1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Neele (Nesle), Lord of Falvy.
- Name(s)
- de Neele (Nesle), Lord of Falvy, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- John de Neele requests that the king make provision to a small prebendary in Abbeville, in accordance with the wishes of the late queen.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Falvy, [Ponthieu, France]
- Paris, [France]
- Abbeville, [Ponthieu, France].
- People mentioned
- Aveline Dorliens, burgess of Paris
- [Eleanor of Castile], Queen of England
- Walter de Pouchel.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to some point after 1290, with reference to the late queen (presumably Eleanor of Castile).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For other letters from the same petitioner, on a variety of matters, see nos.47-51 of SC 1/17
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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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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Europe and Russia
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Lettres des rois, reines et autres personages des cours de France et d'Angleterre depuis Louis VII jusqu'a Henri IV tirees des archives de Londres par Brequigny, vol. I (1162-1300), ed. M. Champollion-Figeac, (, 1839), no.330 (p.438) (edition of related document)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334514/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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