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Joan Basset, widow of Ralph Basset of Drayton, knight; Anthony Ritz; Nicholas Aldrewych....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/93/4617

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This record is about the Joan Basset, widow of Ralph Basset of Drayton, knight; Anthony Ritz; Nicholas Aldrewych.... dating from [c. 1400] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/93/4617
Date
[c. 1400]
Description
Petitioners
Joan Basset, widow of Ralph Basset of Drayton, knight; Anthony Ritz; Nicholas Aldrewych.
Name(s)
Basset; Ritz; Aldrewych, Joan; Anthony; Nicholas
Addressees
Lords of the present parliament.
Nature of request
The petitioners request restitution of the earldom, castle, town and honour of Richmond which was granted to them by Richard II, but from which they were ousted by the earl of Westmorland after the king's coming into England.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Richmond, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
[Ralph Neville], Earl of Westmorland.
Note
The petition dates to c. 1400 as the earldom, castles, honour and lordship of Richmond were granted to the earl of Westmorland on 20 October 1399, and the petitioner appears to have been dead by July 1403 (CPR 1399-1401, p.24; CPR 1401-5, p.247).
Related material

For a duplicate of this petition see SC 8/93/4626

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 705
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1401, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.24 (grant for life of the castles, earldom, honour and lordship of Richmond to the earl of Westmorland)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149168/

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