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Edmund of Langley, Duke of York, and Isabel of Castile, Duchess of York. Langley,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/103/5145

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This record is about the Edmund of Langley, Duke of York, and Isabel of Castile, Duchess of York. Langley,... dating from [c. 1385] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/103/5145
Date
[c. 1385]
Description
Petitioners
Edmund of Langley, Duke of York, and Isabel of Castile, Duchess of York.
Name(s)
Langley, Duke of York; Castile, Duchess of York, Edmund; Isabel
Addressees
King and Council.
Nature of request
The petitioners ask for support for their rights and inheritances in Spain and Portugal, through Isabel's hereditary claims etc., and complain about John of Gaunt's negotiations, which set them aside etc.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Spain
Portugal.
People mentioned
[John of Gaunt], Duke of Lancaster
Peter (Pedro) [the Cruel], King of Castile
Ferdinand [I], King of Portugal
Henry [II], King of Castile
Constance of Castile, wife of John of Gaunt.
Note
Dated on the guard by internal reference, to c. 1385.
Related material

For transcript, see no.89 of PRO 31/7/109

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2160
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149715/

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