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Isabella of Woodstock, Countess of Bedford. Woodstock, Countess of Bedford Isabella...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/95/4710

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This record is about the Isabella of Woodstock, Countess of Bedford. Woodstock, Countess of Bedford Isabella... dating from [1377] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/95/4710
Date
[1377]
Description
Petitioners
Isabella of Woodstock, Countess of Bedford.
Name(s)
Woodstock, Countess of Bedford, Isabella
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Isabella, Countess of Bedford, asks the King to give all the lordships, lands, tenements and other possessions taken into his hand when her husband, the Lord de Coucy, surrendered his homage to him, to certain friends of hers, to hold for term of life or according to the terms of the charters and letters patent she had for them, for her benefit.
Nature of endorsement
The response given in parliament to this petition is written on the schedule attached to this bill.
Places mentioned
Bedfordshire
Nottinghamshire
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Holderness, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
Isle of Wight, [Hampshire]
Kendal, [Westmorland]
Rochester, [Kent]
Scarborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
Watford, [Hertfordshire]
Richard's Castle, [Shropshire].
People mentioned
Edward [III], King of England
[Enguerrand (Ingelram)] de Coucy, husband of petitioner
Thomas de Courtenay
John Talbot of Richard's Castle
Philippa [de Coucy], daughter of petitioner
Thomas de Veer (Vere), Earl of Oxford
Robert [de Veer (Vere), Earl of Oxford]
Philippa [de Veer (Vere)], daughter of petitioner and wife of Robert de Veer.
Note
CPR 1377-81 pp.174-175 is dated 27 November 1377, and, as the names of the keepers are identical with those listed in SC 8/95/4711, would seem to be a response to this petition.
Related material

For the list of keepers of the lands granted to the petitioner mentioned in the endorsement, see SC 8/95/4711

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 856
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), pp.174-175 (provision of an income for the petitioner)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149261/

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