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John de Holand, Earl of Huntingdon. de Holand; Earl of Huntingdon John Commons of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/117/5839

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Reference
SC 8/117/5839
Date
[1427-1428]
Description
Petitioners
John de Holand, Earl of Huntingdon.
Name(s)
de Holand; Earl of Huntingdon, John
Addressees
Commons of the present Parliament.
Nature of request
The Earl of Huntingdon requests confirmation of his possession of the castle and manors of Trematon, Calstock and Saltash, or annuities of the equivalent value. He states that these lands were granted to his father and mother by Richard, but they are now being claimed by the king as part of the Duchy of Cornwall.
Nature of endorsement
[on face] Let it be sent to the Lords.
Places mentioned
London
Southampton, [Hampshire]
Bristol
Trematon, [Cornwall]
Calstock, [Cornwall]
Ashburgh (Saltash), [Cornwall]
Winkleigh, [Devon]
Duchy of Cornwall.
People mentioned
Richard II, King of England
John de Holand, Earl of Huntingdon
Elizabeth [de Holand, Countess of Huntingdon], wife of John de Holand
Edward III, King of England
Edward [of Woodstock, Prince of Wales], Duke of Cornwall.
Note
Datable to the 1427-8 Parliament from the subsequent grant resulting from this petition, made on 1 March 1428.
Related material

For the response to these two petitions, containing the draft text of the resultant grant, see SC 8/117/5841

For a related petition see SC 8/117/5842

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4414
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. I, 1422-1429 , (Public Record Office, 1901), p.465 (grant to John, Earl of Huntingdon, of £123 6s 8d a year, in recognition of his long service and as recompense for the loss of lands in Cornwall and Devon)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150518/

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