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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
Item
? No Petitioner named Copy of letters of pardon of Edward III to Despenser of forfeiture...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/42/2092
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Copy of letters of pardon of Edward III to Despenser of forfeiture... dating from 1327 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 8/42/2092
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1327
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Copy of letters of pardon of Edward III to Despenser of forfeiture of life and limb together with suit of peace of the king for his offences during the late king's reign holding Caerphilly castle against the will of the king and queen.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Caerphilly, [Glamorgan, Wales]
- Eltham, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- Edward III, King of England
- Hugh [le Despenser], son of Hugh le Despenser the younger
- Isabella of France, Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The copy of letters of pardon can be dated by their dating clause to the 20 March 1327.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the petition to which this copy was formerly appended see SC 8/42/2091
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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 2563
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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 Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.59-60 (full summary of pardon)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.39 (pardon to Despenser made on the same day but with a slight variation)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062298/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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