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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Margaret de Crokedayk, widow of John de Crokedayk. de Crokedayk Margaret King and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/327/E835
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This record is about the Margaret de Crokedayk, widow of John de Crokedayk. de Crokedayk Margaret King and... dating from [c. 1310] 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 8/327/E835
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1310]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Margaret de Crokedayk, widow of John de Crokedayk.
- Name(s)
- de Crokedayk, Margaret
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Crokedayk requests remedy as her late husband's brother died without heirs of his body holding land in Little Paxton and Wrestlingworth in socage by which the custody of the same pertains to her as nearest kin of John son of John, but the sub-escheators of the counties have seized the same into the king's hand because the heir is within age and held other lands of the king in chief. [Note that copies of charters are sewn to the petition].
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Little Paxton, Huntingdonshire
- Wrestlingworth, Bedfordshire.
- People mentioned
- Alexander de Crokedayk, brother of John de Crokedayk
- John [de Crokedayk], son and heir of John de Crokedayk.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1310 on the basis of orders to assign dower to the widow of Alexander de Crokedayk which date to 5 March and 20 May 1310 (CCR 1307-13, pp. 201, 211).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For copies of charters formerly sewn to this petition, see SC 8/327/E836
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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 II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), pp.201, 211 (orders concerning the dower of the widow of Alexander de Crokedayk)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682830/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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