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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Alice de Seint Johan (St John), widow of John de St John. de Seint Johan (St John)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/322/E521
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This record is about the Alice de Seint Johan (St John), widow of John de St John. de Seint Johan (St John)... dating from [c. 1329] 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/E521
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1329]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alice de Seint Johan (St John), widow of John de St John.
- Name(s)
- de Seint Johan (St John), Alice
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Seint Johan requests remedy concerning her dower provision concerning the castle of Basing and also of the manors of Warnford, Chawton and Ludshott in Hampshire of which her late husband died seised.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Concerning the first, let the assignment be viewed in Chancery, and if there is an error let it be redressed.2) Concerning the second, let the chancellor call those of the council that he wishes to call and do right to the lady.
- Places mentioned
- Basing, [Hampshire]
- Winchester, [Hampshire]
- Warnford, Hampshire
- Chawton, Hampshire
- Ludshott, Hampshire.
- People mentioned
- John de Seint Johan (St John) of Basing
- Isabel de Seint Johan (St John), first wife of John de St John.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1329 as the escheator was commanded to deliver elements of the petitioner's dower to her in October 1329 (CCR 1327-30, pp. 495, 506).
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), pp.495, 506 (orders to the escheator to deliver parts of the petitioner's dower)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529573/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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