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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Lucy de Latymer (Latimer), wife of William de Latimer. de Latymer (Latimer) Lucy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/324/E640
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This record is about the Lucy de Latymer (Latimer), wife of William de Latimer. de Latymer (Latimer) Lucy... dating from [1305] 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 8/324/E640
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Lucy de Latymer (Latimer), wife of William de Latimer.
- Name(s)
- de Latymer (Latimer), Lucy
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Latymer requests that she is able to be at her free will to sue the business of her divorce at the common law, as for her soul and by the command of the late archbishop she proceeded with a divorce in court Christian because her and her husband were related within the prohibited degree, which thing is accomplished in the court, but her husband has sued a writ to the sheriff of York to have her taken wherever she is in his bailiwick and delivered to him, and for all those aiding and counselling her to be taken, whereby her suit is delayed in peril of her soul.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- York.
- People mentioned
- William de Latymer (Latimer)
- Thomas [Corbridge], late Archbishop of York
- Dean and Chapter of York.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1304 as the order to the sheriff to take and restore her to her husband dates to 1 March 1304 and the letter enclosed with the petition dates to 9 June 1305, the petition dating to shortly after that (CCR 1302-7, p. 126; SC 8/324/E641).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the letter formerly enclosed with this petition, see SC 8/324/E641
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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 I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.126 (order to the sheriff to enquire of the petitioner's whereabouts and to take her and return her to the custody of her husband)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682634/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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