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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Joan de Gurney, wife of Thomas de Gurney. de Gurney Joan Chancellor. Joan, wife of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/296/14778
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This record is about the Joan de Gurney, wife of Thomas de Gurney. de Gurney Joan Chancellor. Joan, wife of... dating from [c. 1331] 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 8/296/14778
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Joan de Gurney, wife of Thomas de Gurney.
- Name(s)
- de Gurney, Joan
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- Joan, wife of Thomas de Gurney, states that when her husband's lands were taken into the King's hand, the lands she held in dower from her first husband were seized as well, and that of the King's grace she was granted Cock, Otterhampton and Puriton, of her dower lands, and West Harptree of Thomas' lands, in aid of her sustenance, with the winter corn growing there and the other issues of these lands, and was then later granted the winter corn from English Combe and Farringdon, with all the issues from Easter last until Michaelmas. But now a Roger de Gyldesborgh has come from the Exchequer with a commission to value the corn and other goods for the King's use. She requests a writ to Roger to cease this, and to let her enjoy what the King has granted her in peace.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Cock, [Somerset]
- Otterhampton, [Somerset]
- Puriton, [Somerset]
- West Harptree, [Somerset]
- English Combe, [Somerset]
- Farnton (Farringdon), [Somerset].
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Gurney
- Roger de Gyldesborgh (Guilsborough).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1330-4 p.89 is dated 20 March 1331 and CFR 1327-37 p.254 is dated 8 May 1331. This petition would seem to date from shortly after this. CFR 1327-37 p.283 is dated 16 October 1331: it may be this valuation that the petitioner is complaining about.CFR 1327-37 p.410 is dated 15 July 1334, and CFR 1337-47 p.143 is dated 20 July 1339.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from this petitioner, see SC 8/49/2446
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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)
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- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.254 (commitment to the petitioner of the manors of English Combe and Farrington Gurney, with the winter corn growing there) & p.283 (commitment to the petitioner of the manors of English Combe and Farrington Gurney, to hold for the extent and an increment for three years) & p.410 (commitment to the petitioner of the manors of English Combe and Farrington Gurney for a further five years)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. V, Edw III, 1337-1347, (Public Record Office, 1915), p.143 (commitment to the petitioner of the manors of English Combe and Farrington Gurney for a further five years)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.89 (grant to the petitioner of her dower lands)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517979/
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