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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
Joan Rous, widow of Ralph Rous of Plymouth. Rous Joan Lords of Parliament. Rous requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/277/13832
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This record is about the Joan Rous, widow of Ralph Rous of Plymouth. Rous Joan Lords of Parliament. Rous requests... dating from [c. 1380-c. 1440] 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 8/277/13832
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1380-c. 1440]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Joan Rous, widow of Ralph Rous of Plymouth.
- Name(s)
- Rous, Joan
- Addressees
- Lords of Parliament.
- Nature of request
- Rous requests remedy and restoration of certain lands and tenements in the hundreds of Plympton and Roborough which she held as the daughter and heir of John ... [for] 16 years until William Wyot, who was of her council, took 10s yearly from her for his fees, and caused Thomas Wyot to oust her from the same lands and tenements, taking them for his own use with Thomas's assent.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Plymouth, [Devon]
- Plympton hundred, Devon
- Roborough hundred, Devon.
- People mentioned
- Ralph Rous of Plymouth
- John [...], father of the petitioner
- William Wyot
- Thomas Wyot.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by the handwriting to the period c. 1380-c. 1440.
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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/C9517779/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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