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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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Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester. Despenser, Earl of Winchester Hugh King. Despenser...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/42/2093
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This record is about the Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester. Despenser, Earl of Winchester Hugh King. Despenser... dating from [1322-1326] 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 8/42/2093
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1322-1326]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester.
- Name(s)
- Despenser, Earl of Winchester, Hugh
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Despenser requests that the chancellor be ordered to make a writ to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to account with him for what they have received from wardships and marriages, which sums the king granted him for debts that the king owed him. He requests that if anything remains in arrears that due satisfaction be made in allowances of debts that the earl owes to the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
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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 2561
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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)
- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.59-60 (brief, seemingly erroneous reference)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062299/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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