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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Sybil de Metham. de Metham Sybil King and council. Metham requests that her sustenance...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/322/E515
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This record is about the Sybil de Metham. de Metham Sybil King and council. Metham requests that her sustenance... dating from [c. 1316] 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 8/322/E515
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1316]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Sybil de Metham.
- Name(s)
- de Metham, Sybil
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Metham requests that her sustenance be put in more certain terms having regard to the quantity of land of her inheritance and her great charge of children. She had her sustenance of 400 marks of land of her inheritance and by joint purchase with her late husband which are seized into the king's hand because of the felony of Stiveton who killed Marrays in the king's presence, and the king ordered the chancellor and treasurer to put her sustenance in more certain terms but nothing has been done.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram magno consilio.
- Places mentioned
- York
- London.
- People mentioned
- John de Metham, late husband of the petitioner
- Robert de Stiveton
- Hugh de Marrays.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1316 as it seems likely to date closely to an inquisition taken into the lands of the petitioner's late husband that give more details for the reason of the taking of the lands into the king's hand (CIM 1307-49, no.265).
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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 Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.265 (inquisition concerning the lands of Thomas de Metham and their being taken into the king's hand)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529567/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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