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Original letters patent whereby the king releases to Hugh le Despenser, the younger,...

Catalogue reference: E 40/13532

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This record is about the Original letters patent whereby the king releases to Hugh le Despenser, the younger,... dating from 1323 Jul 15 in the series Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Ancient Deeds, Series A. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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E 40/13532
Date
1323 Jul 15
Description

Original letters patent whereby the king releases to Hugh le Despenser, the younger, his right in the manor and advowson of Shaldeford, which Hugh holds for the life of Emma wife of Robert de Mohaut (Monte alto) by the demise of the said Robert and Emma, who held the same as of her dower by the assignment of Richard son of John, her first husband, of the inheritance of Roger de Clifford, late rebel, and of Idonia wife of John de Crumbewell, and which after Emma's death ought to have reverted to the said Roger and Idonia, and their heirs, but whereof the reversion by reason of Roger's forfeiture belongs, on Emma's death, to the king and the said Idonia, and their heirs. Brustwyk, 15 July, 17 Edward [II]. Surrey

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The National Archives, Kew
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Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4952291/

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Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Ancient Deeds, Series A

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Original letters patent whereby the king releases to Hugh le Despenser, the younger,...

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