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Maud de Mortemer (Mortimer). de Mortemer (Mortimer) Maud King. [Petition in 3 parts:]1)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/312/E26
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This record is about the Maud de Mortemer (Mortimer). de Mortemer (Mortimer) Maud King. [Petition in 3 parts:]1)... dating from [c. 1297] 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 8/312/E26
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1297]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Maud de Mortemer (Mortimer).
- Name(s)
- de Mortemer (Mortimer), Maud
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 3 parts:]1) Mortemer requests allowance of the sum that she should receive for the manor of Bassingbourn in the sum of the arrears for the manor of Awre which are demanded from her.2) She requests remedy for the arrears for the farm of the lands of the countess of Leicester in Ireland that her husband took.3) She requests remedy for the sum that she is supposed to receive from the manors of Norton and Bromsgrove by the hand of the sheriff, as the sheriff does not wish to distrain for the arrears.
- Nature of endorsement
- At the Exchequer, and let them be ordered to give her a due allowance. Otherwise they are to examine the rolls and send the case to the king together with his council, who are to be asked what seems to them to be right in this matter, so that the king can do and answer for her according to what, on the advice of the council, he wishes and ought to do. In the meantime the demands are to be put in respite until a month after Michaelmas.
- Places mentioned
- Bassingbourn, [Cambridgeshire]
- Awre, [Gloucestershire]
- Ireland
- Norton, Worcestershire
- Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.
- People mentioned
- Earl Marshal
- Countess of Leicester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1297 as it would seem that the order in the fine rolls marks the resolution of the complaints made by the petitioner (CFR 1272-1307, p.390).
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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. I, Edw I, 1272-1307, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.390 (order to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to assign terms to the petitioner for her and her ancestors' debts as the king has promised her grace)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529075/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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