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Eleanor [Beaufort], Duchess of Somerset, daughter and coheir of Richard Beauchamp,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/28/1394B
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/28/1394B
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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
- Eleanor [Beaufort], Duchess of Somerset, daughter and coheir of Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick; Margaret [Talbot], Countess of Shrewsbury, daughter and coheir of Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick; George [Neville], Lord Latimer; Elizabeth [Neville], wife of George, Lord Latimer, daughter and coheir of Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick
- Name(s)
- Beaufort, Duchess of Somerset; Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury; Neville, Lord Latimer; Neville, Eleanor; Margaret; George; Elizabeth
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that following the death of the Duke of Warwick writs diem clausit extremum were issued, one to the escheator of Worcestershire to enquire of what the duke held of the king in the county. The inquisition was duly heard and returned into Chancery and following this Cecily, late duchess of Warwick received dower lands in the county by letters patent. The writ and inquisition were then delivered out of Chancery to Vampage, the king's attorney to be viewed for the king, and by his negligence were not retuned whereby the petitioners and the former escheator are likely to be grievously hurt. The petitioners request that the writ and inquisition be restored to Chancery and be held of full force as if it had not been removed from Chancery, as they remain with the former escheater, the current keeper of the rolls not being willing to accept it after the death of his predecessor. They request that the letters patent to the late duchess stand in full force, and that they stand in law able to immediately inherit of all the property assigned in dower following the death of the duchess.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] To this bill the commons are assented.[On dorse] The king has granted the petition in the manor and form desired provided that they always act concerning the affirmation of the letters patent made to the duchess in a manner not prejudicial to the bishop of Durham or his successors of any right or title pertaining to him in right of his church.
- Places mentioned
- Worcestershire
- People mentioned
- Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick
- Henry Beauchamp, Duke of Warwick
- William Dalamare, Escheator of Worcestershire
- Cecily [Beauchamp], Duchess of Warwick, wife of Henry Beauchamp, Duke of Warwick
- Anne [Beauchamp], Daughter and heir of Henry Beauchamp, Duke of Warwick
- John Stopyngdon, then Keeper of the Rolls of Chancery
- John Vampage, Attorney of the King
- Thomas Kirkeby (Kirkby), Keeper of the Rolls of Chancery
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1455 by the heading in Rot. Parl. vol. V, p.337 where this petition is noted as being of 33 Hen. VI.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the clause of affirmation see SC 8/28/1394A
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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 7480
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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.344a-b (no.27) (full transcription of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061580/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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