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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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Emma de Walton, widow of Robert de Walton. de Walton Emma King. Walton requests that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/229/11435
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This record is about the Emma de Walton, widow of Robert de Walton. de Walton Emma King. Walton requests that... dating from [1402] 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 8/229/11435
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1402]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Emma de Walton, widow of Robert de Walton.
- Name(s)
- de Walton, Emma
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Walton requests that she be granted her reasonable dower in her late husband's lands and tenements in Lancashire as she has nothing to live off, and she requests that the chancellor be commanded to make writs to the king's officers in the county to make an assignment of dower to her. Her late husband held of the king by the service of a grand sergeanty, and the keeping of the heir, lands and tenements has been granted to Atherton.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Lancashire.
- People mentioned
- Robert de Walton, late husband of the petitioner
- John [de Walton], son and heir of Robert de Walton
- Nicholas de Atherton, knight.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1402 as the chancellor of the county palatine of Lancaster was ordered to assign dower to the petitioner on 8 January 1402 (CCR 1399-1402, p.452).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Files 484
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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 Close Rolls, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1402, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.452 (order to assign dower to the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334994/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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