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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Alice de la Legh, widow of William de la Legh. Legh Alice King and council. Alice,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/238/11895
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This record is about the Alice de la Legh, widow of William de la Legh. Legh Alice King and council. Alice,... dating from [? 1328] 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 8/238/11895
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1328]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alice de la Legh, widow of William de la Legh.
- Name(s)
- Legh, Alice
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Alice, widow of William de la Legh, states that the King's father, at the request of Queen Isabella, gave her and her husband certain lands and tenements in Clopton in Suffolk, to hold at farm for term of her life, but that the late King then took them into his hand at the procurement of Hugh le Despenser, because of Hugh's ill-will towards Alice; so that they are still in the King's hand. She asks that they might be returned to her, together with the issues taken from them in the meantime.
- Nature of endorsement
- She is to show the deed mentioned by the petition in Chancery, and also for what reason the tenements afterwards came into the King's hand. And she is to have a writ super modo et causa to certify for what reason the lands were taken into the King's father's hand out of Alice's seisin; and the King will then be advised.
- Places mentioned
- Clopton, Suffolk.
- People mentioned
- William de la Legh
- [Edward II], King of England
- Isabella [of France], Queen of England
- Hugh le Despenser.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CFR 1327-37 p.103 is dated 7 September 1328, and is the final result of this petition, although the King has been informed of the reason for the taking of the lands into his hand in the meantime.
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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. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.103 (order to deliver the lands to the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335459/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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