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Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury; Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester; Thomas...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/24/1199

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Reference
SC 8/24/1199
Date
[1426]
Description
Petitioners
Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury; Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester; Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter; Thomas Langley, Bishop of Durham; Walter Hungerford; John Wodehous (Woodhouse); John Leventhorp.
Name(s)
Chichele; Beaufort; Beaufort, Duke of Exeter; Langley; Hungerford; Wodehous (Woodhouse); Leventhorp, Henry; Henry; Thomas; Thomas; Walter; John; John
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of Winchester; Bishop of Durham
Nature of request
The petitioners, who were enfeoffed with certain castles, lordships, manors, lands, tenements, rents and services by Henry V, complain that they cannot receive the homages, fealties and other services of their tenants according to the common law, but must do so all together - which greatly harms their tenants. They ask the king to ordain, by authority of the present parliament, that they might receive the homage and fealty of their tenants individually.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] Soit baille as seignurs (It is to be delivered to the lords).[On dorse] The king, with the advice and assent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and also of the commons of this present parliament, has granted this petition as is desired by it. Provided always that as a result of this grant the enfeoffment of which the petition makes mention is not of greater force or effect than it was previously.
People mentioned
Henry [V], King of England.
Note
This petition is enrolled on the roll of the parliament held at Westminster in February, 4 Henry VI (1426) (Rot. Parl. vol. IV p.301a-b).
Related material

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/25/1218

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1991
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.301a-b (transcription of petition on roll of parliament: text unmodified)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061370/

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