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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas Shirbourne; Alice Shirbourne, wife of Thomas Shirbourne and daughter and heir...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/332/15780
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This record is about the Thomas Shirbourne; Alice Shirbourne, wife of Thomas Shirbourne and daughter and heir... dating from [1414-1441] 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 8/332/15780
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1414-1441]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Shirbourne; Alice Shirbourne, wife of Thomas Shirbourne and daughter and heir of John Talworth; Thomas More; Joan More, wife of Thomas More and daughter and heir of John Talworth.
- Name(s)
- Shirbourne; Shirbourne; More; More, Thomas; Alice; Thomas; Joan
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Thomas and Alice Shirbourne and Thomas and Joan More recite the descent of messuages and land in Great Marlow from Playstow to Isabel Talworth (on the morrow of All Souls 15 Edward III), to her son Richard, then to her son John who enfeoffed the same to Draycote, and died. The lands descended to Alice and Joan as his heirs, but after Draycote's death his wife Margaret married Hill and they have since claimed the said lands and taken all its profits. The petitioners ask that Margaret and Hill be given a day to appear before a justice to show their evidence of right to that land, and that justice be done accordingly.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire
- Westminster
- Wycombe, [Buckinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- John Talwurth (Talworth)
- Walter Playstow
- Edward III, King of England
- Robert Thorp, justice
- Isabel Talwurth (Talworth) of Wycombe, mother or Richard and John Talworth
- Richard [Talworth]
- Roger Draycote
- Margaret Draycote, wife of Roger Draycote
- John Hille (Hill), serjeant of the larder.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1414-41 since it refers to John Hellage of the Lardery, possibly to c. 1425 since the petitioner's grandfather flourished 15 Edward III, but the style seems later.
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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)
- English
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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/C9736371/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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