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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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John de Gourney, knight; Elizabeth Gourney, wife of John de Gourney, late wife of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/303/15114
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This record is about the John de Gourney, knight; Elizabeth Gourney, wife of John de Gourney, late wife of... dating from [1362-1364] 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 8/303/15114
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1362-1364]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Gourney, knight; Elizabeth Gourney, wife of John de Gourney, late wife of John de Carew.
- Name(s)
- de Gourney; Gourney, John; Elizabeth
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- John and Elizabeth Gourney, who for six years have been involved in a dispute with Leonard de Carew over Elizabeth's dower, request that the justices of assizes in Hampshire and Devon be ordered by writ to repeal a protection purchased by Leonard to delay them of their rights.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Pembrokeshire, [Wales]
- Hampshire
- Devon.
- People mentioned
- John de Carreu (Carew), knight
- Leonard de Carreu (Carew).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Rees to 1362-4.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an earlier petition concerning the Carew lands see SC 8/38/1863
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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 Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.485 (translation of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9528861/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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