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A widow whose name is now lost. Prince. [The petition is very badly damaged on its...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/333/E1067

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This record is about the A widow whose name is now lost. Prince. [The petition is very badly damaged on its... dating from [1375-1376] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/333/E1067
Date
[1375-1376]
Description
Petitioners
A widow whose name is now lost.
Addressees
Prince.
Nature of request
[The petition is very badly damaged on its right-hand side with perhaps over half the entire petition being missing, and very little sense can be made of what remains].The widow complains of a wrong done to her.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Shefford, [unidentified].
People mentioned
[...], widow of John de [...]
Stephen Dyghester of Shefford.
Note
The petition is dated to 1375-1376 as it comes from an original file of petitions addressed to the Black Prince and or his council dating to those years.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683190/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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