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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Isabel de Vescy, widow of William de Vescy. de Vescy Isabel King and council. Vescy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/346/E1364
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This record is about the Isabel de Vescy, widow of William de Vescy. de Vescy Isabel King and council. Vescy... dating from [c. 1298] 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 8/346/E1364
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1298]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Isabel de Vescy, widow of William de Vescy.
- Name(s)
- de Vescy, Isabel
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Vescy requests that the justices in her plea of dower be commanded to make and ordain on this at this parliament as the common law of the land ordains, so that she is not delayed from her dower. She sued against Clemence Vescy, widow of her husband's son by writ of dower but she vouched to warranty William de Vescy of Kildare, and the judges have subsequently delayed the judgment to her damage.
- Nature of endorsement
- The justices are agreed to render judgment, therefore she should sue before them etc.
- Places mentioned
- Kildare, [Ireland].
- People mentioned
- William de Vescy, late husband of the petitioner
- Clemence [de Vescy], widow of John de Vescy, son of William de Vescy
- John de Vescy, late husband of Clemence de Vescy and son of William de Vescy
- William de Vescy of Kildare.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1298 based on a related entry in the close rolls (CCR 1296-1302, p. 212-13).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Unsorted Miscellanea of the Exchequer (transferred August 1932).
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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 I, vol. IV, 1296-1302, (Public Record Office, 1906), p.212-13 (related entry)
- Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.106 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736788/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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