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Isold de Alet, widow of Walter de Alet of Cornwall. de Alet Isold King. Alet requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/318/E299

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This record is about the Isold de Alet, widow of Walter de Alet of Cornwall. de Alet Isold King. Alet requests... dating from [c. 1312] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/318/E299
Date
[c. 1312]
Description
Petitioners
Isold de Alet, widow of Walter de Alet of Cornwall.
Name(s)
de Alet, Isold
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Alet requests that she can have the custody and marriage of her daughters, the heirs of Walter de Alet, paying as much as any other will give.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Cornwall.
People mentioned
Walter de Alet
Margery [de Alet], daughter of Isold and heir of Walter de Alet
Eleanor [de Alet], daughter of Isold and heir of Walter de Alet.
Note
The petition dates to c. 1312 as the wardship of the lands and the marriage of the heirs of Walter Alet were granted to Thomas le Ercedekne on 11 November 1312, and the petition is presumed to be contemporary with this [CPR 1307-13, p.508].
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/318/E324

For a petition by Archdeacon in part on this matter, see SC 8/327/E796

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. II, Edw II, 1307-1319, (Public Record Office, 1912), pp.125, 141, 241 (orders to take the lands of Alet into the king's hands, grant of the wardship of the lands and marriage of the heirs to Thomas le Ercedekne)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.508 (grant of the wardship of the lands and marriage of the heirs to Thomas le Ercedekne)
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