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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
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Eleanor Lenthall, wife of John Lenthall. Lenthall Eleanor King and council. Eleanor,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/340/16009
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This record is about the Eleanor Lenthall, wife of John Lenthall. Lenthall Eleanor King and council. Eleanor,... dating from [? c. 1500-? c. 1550] 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 8/340/16009
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1500-? c. 1550]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Eleanor Lenthall, wife of John Lenthall.
- Name(s)
- Lenthall, Eleanor
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Eleanor, wife of John Lenthall, states that Henry Restard, who held certain lands in the parishes of Wellington, Lyde, Burmarsh and Bodenham, died without issue of his body, so that she is the next heir in those lands. Thomas Hogges of the parish of Wellington has the deeds to these lands, and she has often asked him to deliver them to her; but he refuses to do so without a bribe. She requests letters under the signet to Thomas, ordering him to deliver the deeds or inform the council why he ought not to do so
- Nature of endorsement
- The parties named within have a day to appear on 5 January.[A long endorsement follows, now too faded to be read]At Bewdley the 29 day of April, it was ordered by the council, because the priest would not be bound according to the direction of the writs, they are to be redirected to the common law.Eleanor, late the wife of John Lenthall.
- Places mentioned
- Wellington, [Herefordshire]
- Lyde, [Herefordshire]
- Burmarsh, [Herefordshire]
- Bodenham, [Herefordshire]
- Bewdley, [Worcestershire].
- People mentioned
- John Lenthall
- Henry Restard
- Thomas Hogges (Hodges) of Wellington parish.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand.
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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/C9736490/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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