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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Sefoul and Eleanor Sefoul his wife. Sefoul; Sefoul John; Eleanor King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/259/12916
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This record is about the John Sefoul and Eleanor Sefoul his wife. Sefoul; Sefoul John; Eleanor King and council.... dating from [1322-1327] 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 8/259/12916
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1322-1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Sefoul and Eleanor Sefoul his wife.
- Name(s)
- Sefoul; Sefoul, John; Eleanor
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- John Sefoul and Eleanor his wife state that Eleanor was previously married to Giles, son of Giles le Monpinsoun, who was seised of certain tenements in the manors of Ingoldisthorpe and Ryburgh in Norfolk in his demesne as in fee and right on the day that he married her, and that he died seised of them, so that dower from them belonged to his widow. But the lands came into the hand of Robert Walkefare, and are now in the King's hand through his rebellion. They request an inquiry into this, and that Eleanor might have her dower.
- Nature of endorsement
- Faithful people are to be appointed in Chancery to inquire, in the presence etc., into the truth of if Giles the husband etc. was seised of the tenements contained in the petition in such a way as to be able to dower her from them after he married her, and if the aforesaid Giles is dead, and when and how etc., and if his aforesaid widow changed her status concerning her dower at the time of her husband's death etc., and into other articles etc. And the inquisition is to be returned in Chancery so that the King might be informed on this. Simon de Hedersete and John Claver assigned.
- Places mentioned
- Ingoldisthorpe, Norfolk
- Ryburgh, Norfolk.
- People mentioned
- Giles le Monpinsoun
- Giles [le Monpinsoun], son of Giles le Monpinsoun
- Robert Walkefare
- Simon de Hedersete
- John Claver.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CFR 1319-27 p.84 is dated 27 December 1321. The petition must date from between then and the end of Edward II's reign.
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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. III, Edw II, 1319-1327, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.84 (order to various sheriffs to take into the King's hand the lands of Robert Walkefare, among others)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440529/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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