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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Harpeden, knight, and Joan Oldecastell (Oldcastle), widow of John Oldecastell...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/29/1405
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/29/1405
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1430]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Harpeden, knight, and Joan Oldecastell (Oldcastle), widow of John Oldecastell
- Name(s)
- Harpeden; Oldecastell (Oldcastle), John; Joan
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament
- Nature of request
- John Harpeden, knight, and Joan, widow of John Oldecastell request the restitution to Joan of the manor of Burnham, which she had held jointly with her former husband Robert de Hemenhale, and which was lost by the forfeiture of her later husband, John Oldecastell. Henry V later granted it to Lewis de Robessard, but on his deathbed asked him to surrender it so that it could be returned to Joan: Lewis has done so, and it is now in the king's hand.
- Nature of endorsement
- They are entrusted to the justices.They are to sue at common law.
- Places mentioned
- Cooling, [Kent]
- Wortham, [Suffolk]
- Brunham (Burnham), Norfolk
- Hemenhale (Hempnalls Hall), Suffolk
- Melom (Melun) [Isle de France, France]
- Polsted Hall, [Norfolk]
- People mentioned
- John Oldecastell (Oldcastle), Lord Cobham, knight
- John Muriel, parson of Wortham
- Robert [de Hemenhale (Hempnalls)], knight
- Ralph de Hemenhale (Hempnalls), knight, father of Robert de Hemenhale
- John de la Pool, father of Joan Oldecastell
- William [de Hemenhale (Hempnalls)], son of Robert and Joan de Hemenhale
- Ralph de Hemenhale (Hempnalls), esquire, kinsman of William de Hemenhale
- Thomas [de Hemenhale (Hempnalls)], father of Ralph de Hemenhale
- Edward [of York], Duke of York
- Louis de Robessard (Robesart), knight
- Henry [V], King of England
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition must be some years after SC 8/29/1406 and CPR 1422-9 pp.90-91 (dated at Westminster, 4 January 1423) as Louis de Robessard has now surrendered the manor, and Joan Oldcastle has remarried. CPR 1422-9 p.487, dated at Westminster, 7 May 1428, suggests that he is still in possession - or has come back into possession. CCR 1422-9 pp.403-4, dated at Westminster, 1 May 1428, concerning an otherwise unrelated matter, mentions Joan as being the wife of John Harpeden. A date around 1430 is therefore suggested.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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An earlier petition from Joan on the same subject is SC 8/29/1406
For a later petition by Lady Cobham on the same matter see SC 8/84/4197
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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 4058
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. I, 1422-1429 , (Public Record Office, 1901), pp.90-91 (commission to enquire into Joan's rights in the manor of Burnham) & p.487 (exemplification, at his request, of letters patent granting the manor of Burnham to Louis de Robessard)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.397b-398b (no.10) (full edition of original petition) & pp.401a-403a (no.1) (full edition of an earlier petition on the same subject)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061591/
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