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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
Joan Powere (Power), widow of Roger Powere (Power). Powere (Power) Joan King. Joan,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/332/15787
What’s it about?
This record is about the Joan Powere (Power), widow of Roger Powere (Power). Powere (Power) Joan King. Joan,... dating from [? c. 1360-? c. 1400] 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 8/332/15787
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1360-? c. 1400]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Joan Powere (Power), widow of Roger Powere (Power).
- Name(s)
- Powere (Power), Joan
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Joan, widow of Roger Power, requests that her late husband be pardoned on his account for money and merchandises still owing. Roger Power was assigned to collect wool and other merchandises leaving the country uncustomed, and often arranged by indenture to leave the seized merchandises with the King's ministers at the ports, but because these indentures were on his person when he was killed and robbed, she cannot retrieve the said merchandises.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Worcester, [Worcestershire]
- Worcestershire.
- People mentioned
- Roger Powere (Power), serjeant at arms.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand and the language.
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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/C9736380/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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