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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Elizabeth le Despenser, Lady Despenser, widow of Lord Despenser. Despenser, Lady...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/106/5275
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This record is about the Elizabeth le Despenser, Lady Despenser, widow of Lord Despenser. Despenser, Lady... dating from [1377-1394] 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 8/106/5275
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1377-1394]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Elizabeth le Despenser, Lady Despenser, widow of Lord Despenser.
- Name(s)
- Despenser, Lady Despenser, Elizabeth
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Lady Despenser states that it was ordained by statute of 14 Edw. III that the lands of heirs which are in the hand of the king by the minority of the heir should be given to the next friend of the heir who is not able to inherit, rendering as much as others will render. She requests that she be granted the custody of the lands of her son during his minority.
- Nature of endorsement
- Concerning that that is in the hand of the king she should sue to the officers of the king and find surety; concerning that that is in the hand of others the keepers and farmers of the lands are to be summoned and their commissions viewed and their responses heard and right will be done according to the form of the petition.
- People mentioned
- [Edward le Despenser,] Lord Despenser
- Thomas le Despenser, son and heir of Lord Despenser.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable to the reign of Richard II from internal evidence, and before the delivery of the Despenser estates to Thomas in 1394. A near identical petition suggests a date much earlier in the reign, perhaps c. 1377 (SC 8/158/7884).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.91 of PRO 31/7/154
For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/106/5293
For an almost identical petition from the same petitioner see SC 8/158/7884
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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 2713
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149845/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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