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Joan Oldcastle, Lady Cobham. Oldcastle, Lady Cobham Joan King. Lady Cobham requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/84/4197

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This record is about the Joan Oldcastle, Lady Cobham. Oldcastle, Lady Cobham Joan King. Lady Cobham requests... dating from [c. 1421] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/84/4197
Date
[c. 1421]
Description
Petitioners
Joan Oldcastle, Lady Cobham.
Name(s)
Oldcastle, Lady Cobham, Joan
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Lady Cobham requests that the chancellor is ordered to do justice to her on matters contained in petitions previously submitted by her.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Note
The petition apparently dates to c. 1421 as a note on the guard refers to this as being deferred from SC 8/29/1407.
Related material

For a later petition from Joan on the same subject is SC 8/29/1405

For one of the petitions apparently referred to here, see SC 8/29/1407

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2453
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148739/

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