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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Margaret of Almaine, widow of Edmund of Almaine, Earl of Cornwall. Almaine Margaret...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/313/E62
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This record is about the Margaret of Almaine, widow of Edmund of Almaine, Earl of Cornwall. Almaine Margaret... dating from [1302] 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 8/313/E62
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1302]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Margaret of Almaine, widow of Edmund of Almaine, Earl of Cornwall.
- Name(s)
- Almaine, Margaret
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Almaine requests remedy be done to her as she has sued against various people for her dower but they have vouched to warranty the earl and his heirs, and the king is heir so that they have answered that they ought not answer and the justice have surceased the suit until the king says his will.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- The justices are to come together and do justice so that no injury is done on the pretext of the king. And if it be in doubt, they should certify the king. Afterwards by certain causes it was agreed that this business should be adjourned as far as the next parliament etc. And let it be ordered to Aylesbury and the other executors of the earl that they send to London all charters, writings and muniments and those transcripts of charters remaining in books in the treasury etc. and deliver them into the Exchequer.2) Coram rege.3) Another similar petition was sent to Chancery.
- People mentioned
- Edmund [of Almaine], Earl of Cornwall.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1302 as it was answered by an order for an enquiry into the matter issued on 14 November 1302 (CCR 1302-7, p.568).
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.435 (order to the escheator to deliver certain of the earl's knights' fees in dower) & p.568 (order for an inquisition into the matter)
- Proceedings against the Crown (1216-1377), Ludwik Ehrlich, (, 1921), p.261 (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529113/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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