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Constance de Mortemer (Mortimer), widow of Henry de Mortimer. de Mortemer (Mortimer)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/319/E416
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This record is about the Constance de Mortemer (Mortimer), widow of Henry de Mortimer. de Mortemer (Mortimer)... dating from [c. 1318] 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 8/319/E416
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Constance de Mortemer (Mortimer), widow of Henry de Mortimer.
- Name(s)
- de Mortemer (Mortimer), Constance
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Mortemer requests remedy and that consultation be granted where a prohibition is brought concerning the mortuary of her late husband, as her husband died and was buried in Ireland and his charger and armour remained at the church for mortuary but now the parson of Kingstone and the vicar of Frome demand mortuary though her late husband only had an interest in their parishes by the dower of his wife, and in wardship and she is impleaded before the official of the bishop of Hereford on the same..
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege et magno consilio.
- Places mentioned
- Ireland
- Kingstone, [Herefordshire]
- Frome, [Somerset].
- People mentioned
- Henry de Mortemer (Mortimer), late husband of the petitioner
- Roger de Mortemer (Mortimer) of Wigmore
- Walter, parson of Kingston
- Roger, vicar of Frome.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1318 as the escheator was ordered to take the lands of the petitioner's late husband into his hand 25 October 1317, and he was ordered to deliver the same to the son and heir on 30 January 1318 (CFR 1307-19, pp.343, 351-2). The petition must be nearly contemporary with these.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/61/3031
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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. II, Edw II, 1307-1319, (Public Record Office, 1912), pp.343, 351-2 (order to the escheator to take Henry de Mortimer's lands into the king's hand, and order to deliver the same to Hugh, his son and heir, saving the petitioner's dower)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529468/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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