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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Christine de Lilleburn, wife of Alexander de Bonkhulle (Bunkle). de Lilleburn Christine...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/329/E916
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This record is about the Christine de Lilleburn, wife of Alexander de Bonkhulle (Bunkle). de Lilleburn Christine... dating from [c. 1295-c. 1310] 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 8/329/E916
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1295-c. 1310]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Christine de Lilleburn, wife of Alexander de Bonkhulle (Bunkle).
- Name(s)
- de Lilleburn, Christine
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Lilleburn requests that she can have dower in her late husband's lands and that the king will command his Scottish ministers that she is able to have her dower in the tenements that her husband held in Scotland and England, namely the barony of Bunkle, Newton and Uldale.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is to be asked of the better people in whose hands the lands are. Of the lands in England existing in the hands of the king, let her be assigned her dower by the escheator, and of the lands existing in the hands of others, she should obtain it for herself by writ of dower. Of the lands existing in Scotland she should sue towards the chancellor of Scotland.
- Places mentioned
- Scotland
- Bonkhulle (Bunkle) barony, [Berwickshire, Scotland]
- Newton Hall, [East Lothian, Scotland]
- Uldale, [Cumberland].
- People mentioned
- Alexander de Bonkhulle, late husband of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1295-c. 1304 on the basis of the hand, and because of the references to the petitioner's rights in Scottish lands, her husband certainly being dead by 1304 (CCR 1302-7, p.130).
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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/C9682911/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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