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John de Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk de Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk John King The duke,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/26/1280

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This record is about the John de Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk de Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk John King The duke,... dating from [1433] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/26/1280
Date
[1433]
Description
Petitioners
John de Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk
Name(s)
de Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, John
Addressees
King
Nature of request
The duke, a ward of the king, states that Lord Mautravers has asked in parliament that he be able to sit in parliament and council because he pretends that his ancestors had been seised of the castle, honour and lordship of Arundel, and have been earls of Arundel, and have had the estate, honour and dignity as pertaining to the castle, honour and lordship from time out of mind, as is revealed in a bill delivered by him into the parliament at Westminster in 1429. The duke's father fully answered the contents of the petition in that parliament, and those afterwards, as the rightful inheritor of the castle, honour and lordship, so that lord Mautravers should not use the name as is known and proved. The duke requests that nothing be proceeded or put in execution to his disinheritance during his minority, and calls on the king's protection and defence.
Nature of endorsement
No endorsement.
Places mentioned
Arundel, [Sussex]
People mentioned
John [Arundel], Lord Mautravers
John [de Mowbray], Duke of Norfolk, father of the petitioner
Note
The petition dates 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).
Related material

An earlier petition relating to the Arundel inheritance is SC 8/29/1404

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6094
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.441b (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061455/

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