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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Edmund of Langley, Earl of Cambridge. Langley, Earl of Cambridge Edmund Council He...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/40/1987
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This record is about the Edmund of Langley, Earl of Cambridge. Langley, Earl of Cambridge Edmund Council He... dating from [1376-1381] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/40/1987
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1376-1381]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Edmund of Langley, Earl of Cambridge.
- Name(s)
- Langley, Earl of Cambridge, Edmund
- Addressees
- Council
- Nature of request
- He requests that writs de liberate be issued to the treasurer and chamberlain to pay him for the annuity in the Exchequer and for the keeping of the castle of Dover according to the form of the letters patent made to him.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to have writs in due form upon the matter with the intension that he be paid as best as can be done.
- Places mentioned
- Dover, [Kent].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition must date to the period of 1376-1381 which was the period of the earl's tenure. It is likely that it was after the accession of Richard II (CPR 1374-77, p.278; CPR 1377-81, p.598).
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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 2168
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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, Edw III, vol. XVI, 1374-1377, (Public Record Office, 1916), p.278 (grant of the keeping to the earl)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.598 (grant to the earl of lands following his surrender of the keeping)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062191/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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