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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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Widows both of the city of London and others of the land. King and council. The widows...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/346/E1388
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This record is about the Widows both of the city of London and others of the land. King and council. The widows... dating from [? c. 1316] 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/E1388
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1316]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Widows both of the city of London and others of the land.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The widows state that when demanding dower of tenements whereof their husbands died seised and were held out of their dower, some for 2 years and some for three, and damages were adjudged to them before the purveyance of Merton [presumably the statute of Merton of 1235 that did deal with widows], this by the reason that no mention is made in the purveyance of widows of the city of London, and are still without recovery of their damages, and by this reason kept for a long time out of their inheritance to their great damage. They request that a remedy is ordained, and that it seems to those of both condition that they ought to be at the common law.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram magno consilio.
- Places mentioned
- London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? c. 1316 in accordance with the guard note which seems to be based on the similarity of response between this petition and that of SC 8/346/E1387. The responses in both are in a very similar hand, though it does not seem to be identical. It seems likely that they are of a similar date.
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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/C9736812/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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