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Agnes de Valence. de Valence Agnes King. Agnes de Valence makes three requests:1)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/77/3816

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Reference
SC 8/77/3816
Date
[1297]
Description
Petitioners
Agnes de Valence.
Name(s)
de Valence, Agnes
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Agnes de Valence makes three requests:1) She asks that she might have permission to send John her chaplain, Walter de Hountingfeud, and two men, Bartholomew and Wascun, who brought the news of her son's death to her, to Hainault: because the Count has seized his lands until certain people have been sent for her son and for her other son Baldwin.2) She requests a letter to the Count of Hainault telling him that Baldwin is alive and in good health, as otherwise no-one will be able to enter the lands which have fallen to him.3) She asks that she might be able to pay the sum the King wishes to levy from her in the name of barony in instalments, as she can have no access to her holdings outside England. She also asks that a letter concerning this money might be returned to her.
Nature of endorsement
[On face, to the first] The King has granted it.[On face, to the second] The King has granted it.[On face, to the third] This cannot be granted now because of immediate necessity.[None on dorse.]
Places mentioned
Hainault.
People mentioned
John, chaplain of Agnes de Valence
Walter de Hountingfeud (Huntingfield)
Bartholomew
Wascun (Vasco)
John [de Beaumont], son of Agnes de Valence
Baldwin [de Beaumont], son of Agnes de Valence
[John de Avesnes], Count of Hainault.
Note
CPR 1292-1301 p.290 is dated 2 July 1297, and would appear to be in response to this petition.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8242
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1292-1301, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.290 (notification that Baldwin de Beaumont is alive and in good health)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107590/

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