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John of Gaunt, King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Lancaster; Simon Sudbury, Archbishop...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/100/4989

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Reference
SC 8/100/4989
Date
[1380]
Description
Petitioners
John of Gaunt, King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Lancaster; Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury; John Buckingham, Bishop of Lincoln; Henry Wakefield, Bishop of Worcester; William, Lord Latimer; John Knyvet; Robert de Ashton; John de Ipres (Ypres); Nicholas Carrowe Carrew.
Name(s)
Gaunt, King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Lancaster; Sudbury; Buckingham; Wakefield; Lord Latimer; Knyvet; de Ashton; de Ipres (Ypres); Carrowe Carrew, John; Simon; John; Henry; William; John; Robert; John; Nicholas
Addressees
King and Parliament.
Occupation
Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of Lincoln; Bishop of Worcester
Nature of request
The petitioners seek the urgent recovery in this present parliament of various properties entrusted to them by the dead king. They show that he granted to them (and Roger de Beauchamp who is dead) and their heirs in fee simple without any condition, houses, manors, lands and tenements in an instrument under his great seal made to them from 5 October 1376.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
People mentioned
Edward III, King of England
Richard II, King of England
Roger de Beauchamp.
Note
Dated to one of the two parliaments of 1380 by Given-Wilson, 'Richard II and his Grandfather's Will', English Historical Review XCIII (1978), 320-337.
Related material

For a copy of the original grant of 5 October 1376 mentioned in this petition see the Michaelmas Recorda section of E 159/154

For another petition by Carrew and others, see SC 8/227/11346

For another petition by Carrew, see SC 8/191/9517

For a related petition see SC 8/100/4995

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1813
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XVI, 1374-1377, (Public Record Office, 1916), p.347 (grant of Edward III of October 1376 referred to in petition)
  • Richard II and his Grandfather's Will, C. Given-Wilson, (English Historical Review, XCIII, pp. 32, 1978), p.337 (full edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149556/

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