Piece
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
Maud de Mortemer (Mortimer), widow of Hugh de Mortimer. de Mortemer (Mortimer) Maud...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/320/E450
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This record is about the Maud de Mortemer (Mortimer), widow of Hugh de Mortimer. de Mortemer (Mortimer) Maud... dating from [c. 1304] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/320/E450
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1304]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Maud de Mortemer (Mortimer), widow of Hugh de Mortimer.
- Name(s)
- de Mortemer (Mortimer), Maud
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Mortemer states that she holds certain lands that were her husband's by jointure and requests that she can pay the debt demanded from her that her husband owed at the day of his death in instalments, and that the tenants of her late husband's other lands be aided and that they be charged reasonable portions according to what she is able to show that they ought to be charged.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king wishes that nothing be done.
- People mentioned
- Hugh de Mortemer (Mortimer).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1304 as the petitioner's husband died in July 1304 and as the petition concerns her rights to land held jointly with her late husband, the petition is unlikely to date too far beyond 1304 (Complete Peerage, vol. IX, pp. 264-5).
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529502/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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