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John de Holand, Earl of Huntingdon. de Holand; Earl of Huntingdon John King [This...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/117/5842

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Reference
SC 8/117/5842
Date
[1427-1428]
Description
Petitioners
John de Holand, Earl of Huntingdon.
Name(s)
de Holand; Earl of Huntingdon, John
Addressees
King
Nature of request
[This petition is damaged and incomplete.]John, Earl of Huntingdon (or others on his behalf) requests compensation for lands resumed into the king's hands as parcels of the Duchy of Cornwall. These lands were amongst others granted to his father to sustain his new earldom, and were held by his mother in dower after his father's execution, but have now been resumed.
Nature of endorsement
[on face] Let it be sent to the Lords.[on dorse] Response contained in the attached schedule.
Places mentioned
Southampton, [Hampshire]
Bristol
Nottingham, [Nottinghamshire]
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, father of the petitioner
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
Richard [Holand], son of John Holand, brother of the petitioner.
Note
This is clearly a longer version of the petition at SC 8/117/5839, containing far more background details of the original grant and the descent of the family. Although clearly in favour of the Earl of Huntingdon, the text of the resultant grant (SC 8/117/5841) suggests that this petition may represent intervention by the Commons (unfortunately the document is incomplete, and the relevant part of the text is now missing). As with SC 8/117/5839, it was presumably presented to the 1427-8 Parliament, and has the same damage pattern as many documents from that parliament.
Related material

For the schedule once attached to this petition see SC 8/117/5841

For the original petition from the Earl see SC 8/117/5839

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4418
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 (resulting 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/C9150521/

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