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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
Millicent le Fauconer, wife of William le Fauconer Fauconer Millicent King and council...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/326/E763
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This record is about the Millicent le Fauconer, wife of William le Fauconer Fauconer Millicent King and council... dating from [c. 1301] 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 8/326/E763
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1301]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Millicent le Fauconer, wife of William le Fauconer
- Name(s)
- Fauconer, Millicent
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Fauconer requests that she can have her right in rent of free men that her grandfather died seised of in Thorpe, and which after his death were seized by the bailiffs of the earl of Cornwall of the honour of Oakham. The petitioner approached the earl for the rent but he died and the rent was seized into the king's hand.
- Nature of endorsement
- She should obtain for herself justice by the common law against the countess who holds Oakham with its appurtenances in dower etc.
- Places mentioned
- Thorp in Twyford (Thorpe Satchville), [Leicestershire]
- Twyford, [Leicestershire]
- Leicestershire.
- People mentioned
- William le Fauconer, husband of the petitioner
- Ralph de Thorp, grandfather of the petitioner
- Earl of Cornwall
- Countess of Cornwall.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1301 as the petition makes reference to the death of the earl of Cornwall, and to the dower of the countess of Cornwall.
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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/C9682758/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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