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Katherine Bluet. Bluet Katherine King. [This petition is badly faded and stained,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/223/11141

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This record is about the Katherine Bluet. Bluet Katherine King. [This petition is badly faded and stained,... dating from [1391] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/223/11141
Date
[1391]
Description
Petitioners
Katherine Bluet.
Name(s)
Bluet, Katherine
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
[This petition is badly faded and stained, and is illegible in places.]Katherine Bluet requests that the king summon Elmeley before him and make remedy, stating that Elmeley, who has married the daughter of her late husband, is unjustly detaining her dower property from her in four places in Hertfordshire.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Redbourne, Hertfordshire
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
People mentioned
Philipot Bluet, late husband of the petitioner
Gawain Elmeley.
Note
Dated on the guard to 1391, with reference to the writ at SC 8/223/11142. The dower lands appear to have lain in four places, given in the first line of the petition, but the first two are now illegible.
Related material

For a related writ see SC 8/223/11142

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/C9334701/

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