? No Petitioner named Letters patent of Henry VI, granting to John, Duke of Bedford,...

Petitioners

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Nature of request

Letters patent of Henry VI, granting to John, Duke of Bedford, the manors of Henstridge and Charlton, and two thirds of Canford, Amesbury, and Winterbourne, to make up to £2000 the grant of the castle, county, honour and lordship of Richmond given him by Henry V, as well as the remaining third of Canford, Amesbury, and Winterbourne, after the death of Alice [de la Pole, Countess of Suffolk], his wife who was the widow of Thomas [de Monte Acuto (Montague), Earl of Salisbury].

Nature of endorsement

[On face] According to the said valuation made of this as has been said above, and £20 beyond the said valuation.[On dorse] Because the true annual value of the manors of Henstridge, Charlton, Canford, Amesbury, and Winterbourne exceed the valuation made of them by £20, as is said, it is agreed that the Duke of Bedford is to have the same manors for himself and his heirs male of his body, according to the form contained here, for £20 annually beyond the aforesaid valuation, without rendering any further account for this to the King or his heirs.

Places mentioned

Richmond, [North Riding of Yorkshire]

Bainbridge, [North Riding of Yorkshire]

Wensleydale, [North Riding of] Yorkshire

Westminster

Lincolnshire

Cambridgeshire

Norfolk

Essex

Cheshunt, Hertfordshire

Henstridge, Somerset

Charlton, Somerset

Canford, Dorset

Amesbury, Wiltshire

Winterbourne, Wiltshire.

People mentioned

[Henry VI], King of England

Henry [V], King of England

John [of Lancaster], Duke of Bedford

Ralph [Neville], Earl of Westmorland

John [de Bretagne], Duke of Brittany

Henry [IV], King of England

John Mongomery (Montgomery), knight

Elizabeth [Mongomery (Montgomery)], wife of John Mongomery

John Norbury, formerly husband of Elizabeth Mongomery

Henry Norbury, son of John and Elizabeth Norbury

John Norbury, son of John and Elizabeth Norbury

Edward III, King of England

William de Monte Acuto (Montague), Earl of Salisbury

William [de Monte Acuto (Montague), Earl of Salisbury]

John [de Monte Acuto (Montague)]

John [de Monte Acuto (Montague), Earl of Salisbury]

Thomas [de Monte Acuto (Montague), Earl of Salisbury]

Richard [de Monte Acuto (Montague)]

William [de la Pole], Earl of Suffolk

Alice [de la Pole, Countess of Suffolk].

For the petition to which these letters patent relate, see SC 8/95/4742A

• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.461-463 (edition of petition and schedule)
• 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 1433, appendix no. 15 (summary of petition and schedule and references)