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Anne de Mortimer, widow of Edmund de Mortimer, Earl of March and Ulster. de Mortimer...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/24/1189

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Reference
SC 8/24/1189
Date
[1425]
Description
Petitioners
Anne de Mortimer, widow of Edmund de Mortimer, Earl of March and Ulster.
Name(s)
de Mortimer, Anne
Addressees
Commons of parliament.
Nature of request
Anne, widow of Edmund, Earl of March and Ulster, complains that her dower has been long delayed because of delays or problems in acquiring writs of diem clausit extremum, holding of inquisitions on them, etc., and asks the commons to ask the king and lords that, by authority of the present parliament, she might sue for delivery of individual parts of this dower, as soon as the inquisitions have been held, and that she might also have the issues and profits of the possessions assigned to her in dower from the time of her husband's death until the time of their delivery.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] Soit baille as seignurs (It is to be delivered to the lords).[On dorse] This petition is granted in all points, provided that the petitioner takes an oath in Chancery that she will not marry without the special permission of the king.
Places mentioned
Wales
Welsh March
Ireland
Calais, [France].
People mentioned
Edmund [de Mortimer], Earl of March and Ulster, late husband of the petitioner.
Note
This petition is enrolled on the roll of the parliament held at Westminster in April, 3 Henry VI (1425) (Rot. Parl. vol. IV pp.285b-286a).CPR 1422-9 p.290 is dated at Westminster, 23 June 1425.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5950
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. I, 1422-1429 , (Public Record Office, 1901), p.290 (grant to the petitioner in accordance with this petition)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.285b-286a (transcription of petition on parliament roll: text unmodified)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061360/

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