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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Elizabeth Despenser, widow of Edward Despenser. Despenser Elizabeth King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/106/5288
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This record is about the Elizabeth Despenser, widow of Edward Despenser. Despenser Elizabeth King and council.... dating from [c. 1380] 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 8/106/5288
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1380]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Elizabeth Despenser, widow of Edward Despenser.
- Name(s)
- Despenser, Elizabeth
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Lady Despenser requests the delivery of William de Upton, a neif on the manor of Burford (which is of the Despenser estate currently in custody as a result of the minority of her son), Upton having being seized with certain lands and tenements, goods and chattels into the king's hand by Holand.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Burford, [Oxfordshire].
- People mentioned
- Edward [Despenser], Lord Despenser
- Thomas Despenser
- William Upton
- Thomas de Holand (Holland).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The case referred to in the petition is certainly that found in CCR 1377-81, p. 298, though the latter may represent a slightly later stage in the process.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/85/4205
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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 2734
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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 Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1914), p.298 (order for the delivery of the neif from Windsor Castle)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149858/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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