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Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester and Thomas Montagu, Earl of Salisbury. Plantagenet,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/115/5705

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This record is about the Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester and Thomas Montagu, Earl of Salisbury. Plantagenet,... dating from [1427-1428] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/115/5705
Date
[1427-1428]
Description
Petitioners
Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester and Thomas Montagu, Earl of Salisbury.
Name(s)
Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester; Montagu, Earl of Salisbury, Humphrey; Thomas
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Gloucester and Salisbury ask to be discharged from all sums owed in connection with their military activity in France under Henry V. They were retained to accompany the king to France in his third year, and were granted wages for themselves and their men for the first quarter, and given jewels as a guarantee for the second quarter. Since their service ended early, the Exchequer sought to deduct the wages for these days from the sums owed, even though the soldiers had been retained for the entire period, and despite there being many other sums still unpaid to the petitioners. Legal process was begun against them to recover these sums, which they ask to be withdrawn and the sums discharged, despite them not giving any details of the sums or numbers involved.
Nature of endorsement
[on face] Chancery 21 February.[on face] To be sent to the Lords.[on dorse] The response is given in the attached schedule.
Places mentioned
Agincourt (Azincourt), [Artois, France]
France.
People mentioned
Henry [V], King of England.
Note
Presented and enrolled in the parliament held between 13 October 1427 and 25 March 1428. The date of 21 February may relate to when it was presented or considered, or when it was sent to the chancery for action. The petition is damaged and incomplete.
Related material

For a better-preserved copy of this petition and the response, attached to a later petition from Salisbury's executors, see no.25 of E 175/3

For the response to this petition see SC 8/115/5706

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3878
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.320 (no.16) (full edition of original petition and response)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150378/

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