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Edmund Langley, Duke of York. Langley, Duke of York Edmund The King. The petitioner...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/100/4999

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This record is about the Edmund Langley, Duke of York. Langley, Duke of York Edmund The King. The petitioner... dating from [1399] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/100/4999
Date
[1399]
Description
Petitioners
Edmund Langley, Duke of York.
Name(s)
Langley, Duke of York, Edmund
Addressees
The King.
Nature of request
The petitioner seeks the reversion of certain lands etc., previously held by Humphrey [Plantagenet]. The petitioner also seeks the reversion of the manor of Costessey, which the Countess [of Gloucester] holds for her lifetime, together with all the customs, services, franchises, reversions, escheats, forfeitures, courts, etc.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Castle Rising, [Norfolk]
Costessey, [Norfolk].
People mentioned
[Thomas Plantagenet], late Duke of Gloucester
Humphrey [Plantagenet], son and heir of Thomas
[Constance Despenser], Countess [of Gloucester]
Richard II, late King of England.
Note
Datable by reference to CPR 1399-1401, pp. 144-5.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1852
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), pp.144-145 (resulting grant on the first request in the petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149567/

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