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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Letter of Prince Edward to the good people of the king's council...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/346/E1373
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter of Prince Edward to the good people of the king's council... dating from [c. 1305] 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/E1373
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter of Prince Edward to the good people of the king's council requesting that they will advance the business of Agnes Burdon's dower, or if they cannot act without knowing the king's will, then to certify him so that he is better able to do grace. Given under the prince's privy seal at
- Nature of endorsement
- It was previously answered that if her husband had lived he would have retained none of those lands, and therefore she could have no dower from those lands, and the king gave to her 10 marks of land for her sustenance in Polsworth for the term of her life, of which she should hold herself content.
- Places mentioned
- Wetheral, [Cumberland]
- Polsworth, [Warwickshire].
- People mentioned
- Edward [of Caernarfon], Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, Count of Ponthieu and Montreuil
- Council of the King
- Agnes [Burdon], widow of John Burdon.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a memorandum formerly enclosed with this letter, see SC 8/346/E1371
For the petition with which this letter was formerly enclosed, see SC 8/346/E1370
For a writ formerly enclosed with this letter, see SC 8/346/E1372
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736797/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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