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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Emma Stokker (Stoker). Stokker (Stoker) Emma King. Emma Stokker requests, for her...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/236/11788
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This record is about the Emma Stokker (Stoker). Stokker (Stoker) Emma King. Emma Stokker requests, for her... dating from [c. 1385] 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 8/236/11788
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1385]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Emma Stokker (Stoker).
- Name(s)
- Stokker (Stoker), Emma
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Emma Stokker requests, for her service to the King and to his father, all the goods and chattels belonging to Henry de Burton, citizen of London, who died outlawed and forfeited, and also all debts due to Henry at the time of his death, with a warrant to sue for those goods and debts, notwithstanding a grant made to Margaret Vernay of half of all she can recover of Henry's goods, as her claim that Henry gave her all his goods before he died is false, and the deed she has produced to support this forged.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Sent to the council.Burleye.
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- [Edward of Woodstock], Prince of Wales
- Henry de Burton, citizen of London
- [Edward III], King of England
- Margaret Vernay
- [Simon] Burleye (Burley).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1385-9 p.192 is dated 1 July 1386: although the details of the harassment that resulted in this grant of protection do not seem to fit this petition, it would seem to be classifiable as harassment.
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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)
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- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IX, Ric II, 1377-1383, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.323 (permission to Vernay to sue for recovery of the goods of Burton)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.192 (protection for a year for Margaret Vernay, who has undertaken to sue at her own cost for the recovery of the goods and chattels of Henry de Burton, and has been granted one half, as certain persons are scheming to harass her by divers pleas)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335348/
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