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Nicola de Clifton, niece of Laurence Seymour. de Clifton Nicola King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/265/13203

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Reference
SC 8/265/13203
Date
[1305]
Description
Petitioners
Nicola de Clifton, niece of Laurence Seymour.
Name(s)
de Clifton, Nicola
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Nicola requests that she be vouchsafed the wardship and marriage of John, son and heir of Ryhill, granted her by the King in the bishopric of Durham for Seymour's soul, since his lands are worth no more than 24s. yearly.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Durham, [County Durham].
People mentioned
Laurence Seint More (Seymour), uncle of the petitioner
John [de Ryhill], son and heir of Henry de Ryhill
Henry de Ryhill.
Note
Dated on the guard to 1305, with reference to Memoranda de Parliamento, pp.38-9, no.56 and to CPR 1301-7, p. 316, a grant in accordance with the petition.
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 I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.316 (grant in accordance with the petition)
  • Memoranda de Parliamento, or Records of the Parliament holden at Westminster, 25 Edw I, Ed. F.W. Maitland, (Rolls Series, vol. XCVIII, 1893), pp.38-9 (no.56) (edition of petition)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.162b (no.27) (Latin summary of petition)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 12, appendix, no.57 (edition and translation of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517150/

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