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Agnes Archer, widow of William Archer of Dover. Archer Agnes King. Archer requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/247/12327

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This record is about the Agnes Archer, widow of William Archer of Dover. Archer Agnes King. Archer requests... dating from [1366] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/247/12327
Date
[1366]
Description
Petitioners
Agnes Archer, widow of William Archer of Dover.
Name(s)
Archer, Agnes
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Archer requests that the king will grant to her a charter of pardon of the unlicenced alienations of lands held in grand sergeanty by her husband to Guilsborough who then granted them back to William Archer and the petitioner and their heirs.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Dover, [Kent].
People mentioned
William Archer, late husband of the petitioner
Peter de Gildesburgh (Guilsborough).
Note
The petition dates to 1366 as a pardon was granted on 6 October 1366 (CPR 1364-7, pp.315-6).
Related material

For the letter of privy seal with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.26 in C 81/908

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. XIII, 1364-1367, (Public Record Office, 1913), pp.315-6 (grant of pardon and that the petitioner and her heirs may hold the messuage to her and to the heirs of her and her late husband)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439933/

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