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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset. Beaufort, Earl of Somerset John King The earl states...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/26/1278
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/26/1278
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1433]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset.
- Name(s)
- Beaufort, Earl of Somerset, John
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The earl states that he is a prisoner in France, and that Henry IV on 8 November 1400 granted by his letters patent to the earl's father manors and lordships in North and South Wales amongst others which had forfeited to the king by the treason of Owain Glyn Dwr. Now John Scudamore and Alice his wife pretending Alice to be the daughter and heir of Glyn Dwr have sued writs against the earl for the manors and lorships, and to his disinheritance against law and right if he does not have the king's aid. He requests that the king consider the premises and ordain that all actions brought against the earl by Scudamore and his wife for the manors and lordships, except the writ pending in the Common Bench are able to be held void; also that neither Scudamore and his wife, nor the heirs of Owen Glyn Dwr have in times to come such actions with or without writs of any of the parcels, except by petition to the king or by writ returnable before the justices of the Common Bench, and any such judgement made in this manner be held void. The earl requests that he and his heirs may have writs from time to time to the justices that they not hold such pleas for such actions moved of the manors, lands and tenements against the tenor of the ordinance except justices by force of petition or of the Common Bench.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king wishes it.
- Places mentioned
- Glendourdy (Glyndyfrdwy), [Denbighshire, Wales]
- Edernyon (Edeirnion), [Merioneth, Wales]
- Sawarth (Sycharth), [Denbighshire, Wales]
- Kentlyth (Cynllaith), [Denbighshire, Wales]
- North Gales (North Wales)
- Hiscote (Is Coed), [Cardiganshire, Wales]
- Guynyoneth (Gwynionydd), [Cardiganshire, Wales]
- South Gales (South Wales)
- Westminster
- People mentioned
- John [Beaufort], Earl of Somerset, father of the petitioner
- Owen de Glyndordy ( Owain Glendower, Glyn Dwr)
- John Skydemore (Scudamore)
- Alice [Scudamore], wife of John Scudamore
- William Babyngton, justice
- Walter Mutton
- Walter Huse
- Griffith Glyndouerde (Glendower, Glyn Dwr), great-grandfather of Alice Scudamore
- Elizabeth [Glyn Dwr], wife of Griffith Glyndouerde.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition and draft date to 1433 by the heading in Rot. Parl. that make this a petition of the parliament held at Westminster on 8 July 1433 (11 Hen. VI) (Rot. Parl. IV, p.419).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 7476
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.440a-b (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061453/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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