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Alyne Darreyns (Darras), widow of Robert Darreyns, formerly Sheriff of Northumberland....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/294/14666
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This record is about the Alyne Darreyns (Darras), widow of Robert Darreyns, formerly Sheriff of Northumberland.... dating from [? c 1345] 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 8/294/14666
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c 1345]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alyne Darreyns (Darras), widow of Robert Darreyns, formerly Sheriff of Northumberland.
- Name(s)
- Darreyns (Darras), Alyne
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Alyne, widow of Robert Darreyns, formerly Sheriff of Northumberland, states that she was married to her husband long before he became Sheriff, and that all Robert's lands and tenements have now been seized into the king's hand by the Sheriff of Northumberland, because of a debt owed by Robert from the time when he was Sheriff. She asks that she might have her dower from these lands, as law and reason demands, as she has nothing else on which to live.
- Nature of endorsement
- A writ is to be sent to the Escheator to inquire into from what lords the land is held, and when the lords have been called, the wife is to be dowered from the tenements of which her said husband was seised.
- Places mentioned
- Northumberland.
- People mentioned
- Robert Darreyns (Darras), Sheriff of Northumberland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Robert Darreyns was Sheriff of Northumberland between June 1334 and June 1339, but, according to the List of Sheriffs, continued acting until Michaelmas 1340. CFR 1337-47 p.381 is dated 26 May 1344, and p.408 is dated 13 February 1345. CCR 1343-6 p.548 is dated 10 March 1345. The related petition from the son of Robert Darreyns, no. 17361 of C 81/309, is enclosed with a writ to the Chancellor, (no. 17360 of C 81/309) which is dated 21 March 20 Edward III (1346). The petition probably dates from this period.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition from the son of Robert Darreyns, see no. 17361 of C 81/309
For a petition from the son of Robert Darreyns, see SC 8/165/8235
For a related petition see SC 8/45/2248
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. VII, 1343-1346, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.548 (orders to justices of assize concerning a suit about lands formerly belonging to Robert Darras)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. V, Edw III, 1337-1347, (Public Record Office, 1915), p.381 (commitment of lands formerly belonging to Robert Darras during pleasure) & p.408 (commitment of lands formerly belonging to Robert Darras during pleasure)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735829/
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