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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Isabel Crok (Crook), widow of Peter Crook. Crok (Crook) Isabel King. Crok requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/241/12024
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This record is about the Isabel Crok (Crook), widow of Peter Crook. Crok (Crook) Isabel King. Crok requests... dating from [1325] 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 8/241/12024
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Isabel Crok (Crook), widow of Peter Crook.
- Name(s)
- Crok (Crook), Isabel
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Crok requests grace of her dower in the manors of Olveston and Berwick, and of her false indictment for adhering to the king's enemies. Her dower lands from her first husband were taken into the king's hand by the accusation that her second husband was an adherent of the king's enemy, and after an earlier petition the bishop of Exeter conspired to have her indicted of the same adherence and kept her out of her dower.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Olveston, Gloucestershire
- Berwick, Gloucestershire.
- People mentioned
- Peter Crok (Crook), late husband of the petitioner
- Henry Fitz William, late husband of the petitioner
- Hervey de Staunton (Stanton)
- Geoffrey le Scrope
- Roger Crok (Crook), son and heir of Peter Crook
- [Walter Stapledon], bishop of Exeter.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1325 as the privy seal warrant in response to the petition dates to 17 August 1325 (CCW 1244-1326, p.567).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the earlier petition by the petitioner, see SC 8/41/2027
For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was enclosed, see no.7185 in C 81/129
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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 Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.567 (mandate to the chancellor to examine the matter and evidence and certify the king)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439627/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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