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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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, Lord Despenser. Despenser Elizabeth King and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/106/5295
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This record is about the Elizabeth Despenser, widow of Edward, Lord Despenser. Despenser Elizabeth King and... dating from [c. 1376-c. 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 8/106/5295
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1376-c. 1394]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Elizabeth Despenser, widow of Edward, Lord Despenser.
- Name(s)
- Despenser, Elizabeth
- Addressees
- King and council of parliament.
- Nature of request
- Lady Despenser requests that the justices of the common bench be commanded to proceed in her suit against the bishop of London as the law suffers notwithstanding the suit of Hugh de Cottingham made in the present parliament which is against the judgement rendered in the court of the king and to the damage of all lords and commons of the realm. She has brought a suit in the common bench against the bishop of London on a writ of quare non admissit for the church of All Saints [...] of London and Cottingham, incumbent of the church has sued at the present parliament by bill to retain the church against recovery by the petitioner then being sued.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- Edward [Despenser], Lord Despenser
- Hugh de Cotyngham (Cottingham)
- Adam Fenrother
- Bishop of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Assumed to date between the grant of estates to the dowager Lady Despenser in 1376 and the coming of age of her son in 1394.
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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 2753
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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/C9149865/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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