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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Alice Gerberge, widow of Thomas Gerberge. Gerberge Alice King and council. [This...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/295/14727
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This record is about the Alice Gerberge, widow of Thomas Gerberge. Gerberge Alice King and council. [This... dating from [c. 1377-c. 1379] 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 8/295/14727
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1377-c. 1379]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alice Gerberge, widow of Thomas Gerberge.
- Name(s)
- Gerberge, Alice
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged and badly faded.]Alice, widow of Thomas Gerberge, complains that Stephen, kinsman of John White, came to her house, raped her, and tried to force her to marry him, and then imprisoned her [until she had paid a ransom]. She requests grace and a remedy, and that she might have the law and that the ransom might be [restored], as she has a judgment in the Court of Arches that she should be restored.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Norfolk
- Luton fee [in Guist, Norfolk]
- Barford, [Norfolk]
- Banningham, [Norfolk]
- Swannington, [Norfolk]
- Wychyngham (Great Witchingham), [Norfolk]
- Costessey, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- Thomas Gerberge
- Thomas Curszoun (Curzon)
- William de Berford (Barford)
- John White
- Stephen, kinsman of John White
- John de Brewes, Sheriff of Norfolk
- Thomas Prekeys, parson of Swannington.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- John de Brewes, Sheriff of Norfolk was Sheriff of Norfolk between 26 October 1376 and 26 November 1377. Dated with reference to this and to mentions of the petitioner, as widow of Thomas Gerberge, in CCR 1377-81 p.341 and p.342 (both dated 2 December 1379).
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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/C9735892/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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