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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, executor of Margaret, Duchess of Clarence; Edmund...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/27/1320
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/27/1320
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1440]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset, executor of Margaret, Duchess of Clarence; Edmund Beaufort, Earl of Dorset, executor of Margaret, Duchess of Clarence; Margaret Courtenay, Countess of Devon, executor of Margaret, Duchess of Clarence; John Carpentere (Carpenter), executor of Margaret, Duchess of Clarence; John Bugebroke (Bubrooke), executor of Margaret, Duchess of Clarence.
- Name(s)
- Beaufort, Earl of Somerset; Beaufort, Earl of Dorset; Courtenay, Countess of Devon; Carpentere (Carpenter); Bugebroke (Bubrooke), John; Edmund; Margaret; John; John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Margaret, duchess of Clarence, who died on Thursday after last Christmas (31 December 1439), bequeathed 1000 marks for her burial and the health of her soul, and the countess of Devon, Carpentere and Bugebroke have made ordinance thereon. The countess, with the consent of her husband, Carpentere and Bugebroke have also loaned 3000 marks to the king, to be repaid at next feast of St Martin from the proceeds of the half fifteenth granted in this parliament, and the countess of Devon has loaned £1200 to the earl of Somerset, to be repaid next Michaelmas. The executors ask that neither they, nor Thomas, earl of Devon, nor Adam Moleyns, nor the abbess of the Minoresses of London, in whose keeping the goods are, should not be charged for the goods of the duchess in connection with the aforesaid; those who receive repayment of the said sums are to stand in law charged with those sums.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king has granted all that is contained in this petition.
- People mentioned
- Margaret [Beaufort], Duchess of Clarence
- Thomas [Courtenay], Earl of Devon
- Master Adam Moleyns
- Abbess of Minoresses of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated in Rot. Parl. V, p.3 to the parliament which met on 12 November 1439, but, as Margaret, duchess of Clarence died on 30 December 1439 (see the Complete Peerage under Clarence and under Somerset), clearly dating from 1440.
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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 2215
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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)
- English
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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. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.22a-b (no.33) (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061499/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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