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Henry Wodhous (Woodhouse). Wodhous (Woodhouse) Henry Commons in parliament Woodhouse...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/28/1391
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/28/1391
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1455]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Henry Wodhous (Woodhouse).
- Name(s)
- Wodhous (Woodhouse), Henry
- Addressees
- Commons in parliament
- Nature of request
- Woodhouse states that Danyell and Dowevebiggyng were enfeoffed of his manors by his father's feoffees at Wodhous' request in expectation of the marriage of Danyell's sister Elizabeth. However Elizabeth was married to Torbok, He made further enfeoffments and recognizances to Danyell. He requests that all feoffments and recognizances made to them, and all things done by them be revoked and annulled.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Soit baille as seigniers.[On dorse] The king, considering that Wodhous was blinded with the promise of marriage when he made the alienations, recognizances and other sureties, and would not have made them otherwise, wills that the petition is agreed, provided that neither Danyell or Dowevebiggyng nor any others of the cofeoffees be bound by this act to Wodhous for any issues or profits received from the property before the first day of parliament.
- Places mentioned
- Grimston, Norfolk
- Roydon, Norfolk
- Congham, Norfolk
- Rysyng (Castle Rising), Norfolk
- Well Hall, [Norfolk]
- People mentioned
- John Wodhous (Woodhouse), late father of the petitioner
- John Clyfton (Clifton), knight
- Oliver Groce, esquire
- Thomas Danyell
- John Dowevebiggyng
- Elizabeth [Danyell], sister of Thomas Danyell, and wife of Thomas Torbok
- Richard Torbok, husband of Elizabeth Danyell
- John of Kent
- John Portyngton, justice
- Thomas Tuddenham, knight
- John [Kempe], Archbishop of Canterbury.
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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 8733
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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), pp.340b-341b (no.21) (full transcription of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061576/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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