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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Joan deu Homet. Homet Joan King and council. Homet, who has been bedridden since...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/265/13248
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This record is about the Joan deu Homet. Homet Joan King and council. Homet, who has been bedridden since... dating from [? c. 1299] 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 8/265/13248
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1299]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Joan deu Homet.
- Name(s)
- Homet, Joan
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Homet, who has been bedridden since harvest-time when she was grievously beaten by her enemies, requests the King's grace concerning an acre of land from her marriage with a piece of land for which her husband John bought with the £14 which her father gave him at their marriage to buy the same piece or another of the same value in the parish of St Sampson, and which the bailiff seized into the King's hand because eight years ago her husband was in France acquiring wine, which she has on the oath of twelve loyal and worthy men of the same parish, and she does not know any other reason why she should be disinherited.
- Nature of endorsement
- Since the petitioner's husband was always overseas, and she herself was always at peace and here [...] therefore before the king.The land should be returned to the woman with grace.
- Places mentioned
- St Sampson's parish, [Guernsey, Channel Islands]
- France.
- People mentioned
- John deu Homet, husband of the petitioner
- John de la Mare, father of the petitioner.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517195/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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