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Eleanor de Ferers (Ferrers). de Ferers (Ferrers) Eleanor King. Ferers requests that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/314/E137B

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This record is about the Eleanor de Ferers (Ferrers). de Ferers (Ferrers) Eleanor King. Ferers requests that... dating from [1302] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/314/E137B
Date
[1302]
Description
Petitioners
Eleanor de Ferers (Ferrers).
Name(s)
de Ferers (Ferrers), Eleanor
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Ferers requests that the arrears of the fine made by Douglas for her marriage be levied of his lands of his manor of Fawdon, and not those that she had from William de Ferrers in dower as she is distrained by the sheriff of Essex by summons of the Exchequer for the arrears.
Nature of endorsement
She should go to the Exchequer and if it is found that the fine was made in the name of a marritagium, then let due remedy be made so that she is not distrained in her dower, and in the meantime she should have respite.Enrolled on the memoranda roll.S [Exchequer].
Places mentioned
Fawdon, Northumberland.
People mentioned
William de Ferers (Ferrers)
William Duglas (Douglas).
Note
The petition is dated to 1302 as the petition belongs to an original file of petitions returned to the Exchequer from the summer parliament of 1302. For a confirmation of this dating, see SC 8/314/E107.
Related material

For an abstract recording the king's grant to Douglas of whatever pertained to of the marriage of Eleanor de Ferrers, see SC 8/314/E138

For the abstract of the fine made by Douglas, see SC 8/314/E137A

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.240 (further proceedings concerning the fines)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 1302, summer parliament, appendix, petitions belonging to this parliament and not otherwise recorded, no.2 (summary of this file)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529189/

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