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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
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Christina de Wexham, widow of William Wexham. de Wexham Christina Bishop of Winchester,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/302/15051
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This record is about the Christina de Wexham, widow of William Wexham. de Wexham Christina Bishop of Winchester,... dating from [1416] 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 8/302/15051
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1416]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Christina de Wexham, widow of William Wexham.
- Name(s)
- de Wexham, Christina
- Addressees
- Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- Wexham requests that she be maintained in her right by the king as her husband received £100 with her at their marriage and he bought certain tenements with it to be held by him and his wife jointly, but she has been held out of them wrongly since his death. If any wish to complain about this then she will come and show her right.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- People mentioned
- [Henry Beaufort], Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor
- William Wexham, late husband of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1416 as other petitions originally from Chancery Files 548 date to 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)
- Chancery Files 548.
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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/C9518255/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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