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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Cornwall, knight; Elizabeth Holand, Countess of Huntingdon, wife of John...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/100/4984
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This record is about the John de Cornwall, knight; Elizabeth Holand, Countess of Huntingdon, wife of John... dating from [1422] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/100/4984
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1422]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Cornwall, knight; Elizabeth Holand, Countess of Huntingdon, wife of John de Cornwall
- Name(s)
- de Cornwall; Holand, Countess of Huntingdon, John; Elizabeth
- Addressees
- The Duke of Gloucester and Parliament
- Occupation
- knight
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek an amendment to an act of the present parliament or a fine confirming a certain lifetime grant made to Elizabeth. They state that King Henry [V] (father of the king) granted the petitioners by letters patent, when he was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall, certain houses, manors, parks, burghs, vills, lands and tenements in the duchy of Cornwall for Elizabeth's lifetime. This parliament has confirmed all persons with annuities, day-wages, or lifetime offices by letters patent of the king's father, also from the time that the late king was Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Earl of Chester, just as after he took the governance of the realm. In which act there is no mention of lands granted for life.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Cornwall.
- People mentioned
- Henry V, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Firmly dated by reference to CPR 1422-9, p. 59.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 1803
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. I, 1422-1429 , (Public Record Office, 1901), p.59 (resulting grant)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149551/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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