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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Walter Fouk and Lucy Malemais (Malemains), executors of Agnes Burdon, widow of John...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/294/14651
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This record is about the Walter Fouk and Lucy Malemais (Malemains), executors of Agnes Burdon, widow of John... dating from [? c. 1318] 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 8/294/14651
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter Fouk and Lucy Malemais (Malemains), executors of Agnes Burdon, widow of John Burdon.
- Name(s)
- Fouk; Malemais (Malemains), Walter; Lucy
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Walter Fouk and Lucy Malemais, executors of Agnes Burdon, widow of John Burdon, formerly Keeper of Berwick, ask that the Treasurer might be ordered to deliver to them the arrears of 20 marks per annum owed to Agnes for her sustenance, as the king and council ordered at the last parliament at York. They state that this money was in arrears for a year and a quarter before Agnes died, and that she had nothing on which to live, except the money Walter and Lucy borrowed for her from other poor people, who now have to be paid. Walter and Lucy have sold and pledged all they have to pay this debt, and request help, for the love of God and for the soul of the king's father.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
- York.
- People mentioned
- Agnes Burdon
- John Burdon, Keeper of Berwick
- [Edward I], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated to c. 1318 with reference to SC 8/90/4499, SC 8/174/8655, and the mention of the parliament at York (October 1318: there were other parliaments at York in 1319, 1320 and 1322).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition from Agnes Burdon, see SC 8/90/4499
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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/C9735813/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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