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Henry of Lancaster, Earl of Derby. of Lancaster; Earl of Derby Henry [King and council]....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/58/2860

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This record is about the Henry of Lancaster, Earl of Derby. of Lancaster; Earl of Derby Henry [King and council].... dating from [1340] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/58/2860
Date
[1340]
Description
Petitioners
Henry of Lancaster, Earl of Derby.
Name(s)
of Lancaster; Earl of Derby, Henry
Addressees
[King and council].
Nature of request
Henry requests right of possession to 80 acres of meadow and 80 acres of marshlands as part of his lordship of Kidwelly.
Nature of endorsement
[Illegible]
Places mentioned
Kidwelly, [Carmarthenshire, Wales]
Carmarthen, [Carmarthenshire, Wales].
People mentioned
Patrick de Chaworth, grandfather of Henry of Lancaster
Matilda [de Chaworth], mother of Henry of Lancaster
Edward I, king of England.
Note
Firmly datable by reference to CCR 1339-41, p. 379.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5345
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. V, 1339-1341, (Public Record Office, 1901), p.379 (outcome of petition)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Parliament of March 1340, appendix no. 3 (summary of petition and references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063080/

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