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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Joan Waterfall, widow of William Waterfall of Coventry. Waterfall Joan Archbishop...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/303/15140
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/303/15140
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1407-1413]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Joan Waterfall, widow of William Waterfall of Coventry.
- Name(s)
- Waterfall, Joan
- Addressees
- Archbishop of Canterbury, chancellor.
- Nature of request
- Joan, widow of Waterfall requests remedy against Swetenham to whom (along with Newark, Frisby and Ryall who are now deceased) she enfeoffed her lands and tenements in le Sponne on condition that he would re-enfeoff her upon her request, and to whom at Coventry on Monday after the Purification in the 3rd year of Henry IV [1402] she delivered a chest of charters, deeds and other muniments touching her inheritance on condition that he would return them to her upon her request, but who now refuses to do these things. She also requests that Swetenham be made to come before the chancellor in Chancery bringing the chest and its contents for examination.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Coventry, [Warwickshire]
- Le Sponne (Spon End), [Warwickshire].
- People mentioned
- [Thomas Arundel], Archbishop of Canterbury, Chancellor
- [William] Waterfall of Coventry
- William Swetenham of Coventry
- William Newerk (Newark), chaplain
- Thomas Frisby
- Richard Ryall
- Henry IV, King of England
- John Stoke
- Thomas Hynstoke.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1407-10 or 1412-13 since it is addressed to the archbishop of Canterbury as chancellor and refers to events of 1402.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related writ see SC 8/303/15141
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9528887/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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