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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
Alice Wisman, late laundress of Queen Eleanor. Wisman Alice King. laundress of Queen...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/280/13964
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This record is about the Alice Wisman, late laundress of Queen Eleanor. Wisman Alice King. laundress of Queen... dating from [c. 1290] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/280/13964
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alice Wisman, late laundress of Queen Eleanor.
- Name(s)
- Wisman, Alice
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- laundress of Queen Eleanor
- Nature of request
- Wisman requests that the King allow her to give 52 acres of land in Elm to a chaplain to chant for the King and the soul of Queen Eleanor forever.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] In the county of Norfolk.[On dorse] There should be an inquisition ad quod dampnum.
- Places mentioned
- Elm, [Cambridgeshire]
- Norfolk.
- People mentioned
- Eleanor [of Castile], Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1290 since the petition concerns a proposed chantry to Queen Eleanor who died in this year.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Royal letters 4616.
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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/C9517912/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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