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Blanche Wake, widow of Thomas Wake of Liddel. Wake Blanche King. Wake requests that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/246/12273

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Reference
SC 8/246/12273
Date
[1350]
Description
Petitioners
Blanche Wake, widow of Thomas Wake of Liddel.
Name(s)
Wake, Blanche
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Wake requests that the king ratify, release, grant and confirm the church of Kirk Ella to the prior and convent of Haltemprice and repeal the presentment made to this.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Liddel, [Cumberland]
Kirk Ella, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
Selby barony, [Yorkshire]
Haltemprice, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Thomas Wake of Liddel, late husband of the petitioner
Prior and convent of Haltemprice.
Note
The petition dates to 1350 as the privy seal warrant was issued and the king renounced his claims, confirmed the prior of Haltemprice in his possession of the church, and repealed his presentation on 5 May 1350 (C 81/345/20977; CPR 1348-50, p.504).
Related material

For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 20977 in C 81/345

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VIII, 1348-1350, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.504 (release, confirmation and repeal by the king)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439879/

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