Alice de Pilkington

Alice de Pilkington was the daughter of Alexander de Pilkington. She was born in Lancashire, England. She was a party to the Final Concords of 1202, along with her brothers Alexander and William. Because of this, we know that she was still living in 1202.

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There was a Concord in Lancashire in 1202, where the following case was heard:

• "At Lancaster, on Monday next after the feast of the Apostles Simon and Jude, 4 John [4th November, 1202]. Between Thomas de Rawinton, plaintiff, and Alexander de Pulkinton, and William his brother, and Alice his sister, tenants of two and a half oxgangs of land with the appurtenances in Rowinton and Worsthorne. An assize of mort d'ancestor had been summoned between them.
• Thomas quit-claimed his right in the land to Alexander, William and Alice, and their heirs in perpetuity. For this quit-claim, Alexander granted to the said Thomas one oxgang of land with the appurtenances in Worsthorne being one of the said oxgangs, to hold to him and his heirs of Alexander and his heirs for ever, by forinsec service [Describing the service owed to the superior of one's feudal lord.] for all service."

A Final Concord is a legal instrument, by which lands were conveyed or transferred, in the form of a compromise or agreement made between two parties, who had been litigating their rights in the King's Court. Once a suit had been commenced in the King's Court, no compromise could be entered into, or agreement made, without the sanction of the Court, and the payment of a fine " pro licentia concordandi." Any agreement made in the King's Court, respecting a title which had been questioned, once ratified by the court, held a unique value. There was no truer title to the property than that sanctioned by the King's Court.

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