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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard Basset, executor of the testament of Joan, widow of Roger de Weston. Basset...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/297/14825
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This record is about the Richard Basset, executor of the testament of Joan, widow of Roger de Weston. Basset... dating from [c. 1376] 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 8/297/14825
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1376]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Basset, executor of the testament of Joan, widow of Roger de Weston.
- Name(s)
- Basset, Richard
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- Richard Basset, executor of the testament of Joan, widow of Roger de Weston, states that John received 20 marks annually for term of her life from the manors of Kirkby Malzeard and Thirsk, of the gift of John de Moubray, father of the late John de Moubray, and that these manors have come into the King's hand through the death of John's wife, Elizabeth. The escheator is refusing to pay 10 marks of rent, which are in arrears for the term of Martinmas last, without the Chancellor's command, as Joan lived until 18 January. He requests a writ to the escheator to pay him this sum.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Kirkby Malzeard, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
- Thirsk, [North Riding of] Yorkshire.
- People mentioned
- Joan [de Weston], widow of Roger de Weston
- Roger de Weston
- John de Moubray
- John de Moubray, father of John de Moubray
- Elizabeth [de Moubray], wife of John de Moubray.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 'c. 1376 seq.' with reference to CFR 1368-77 p.326, orders to the escheators of Yorkshire, Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland, dated 14 November 1375, to take the lands of the late Elizabeth Moubray into the king's hands.
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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)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. VIII, Edw III, 1368-1377, (Public Record Office, 1924), p.326 (orders to the escheators to take the lands of Elizabeth Moubray into the king's hands)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518026/
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