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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Elizabeth Lovell. Lovell Elizabeth King and Lords in Parliament. Elizabeth Lovell...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/121/6014
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This record is about the Elizabeth Lovell. Lovell Elizabeth King and Lords in Parliament. Elizabeth Lovell... dating from [1427] 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 8/121/6014
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1427]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Elizabeth Lovell.
- Name(s)
- Lovell, Elizabeth
- Addressees
- King and Lords in Parliament.
- Nature of request
- Elizabeth Lovell requests justice in a dispute over rights to land in Skelton. She states that she held these rights in dower from her husband John, whose family had held them since the time of Edward I. However, she has since been dispossessed by Richard Neville, and has been unable to secure justice.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] For the Duke of Gloucester 17 November.
- Places mentioned
- Skelton, [North Riding of] Yorkshire
- Yorkshire.
- People mentioned
- John Lovell, late husband of the petitioner
- Edward I, King of England
- Philip le Lardiner, son and heir of David le Lardiner
- David le Lardiner of Skelton
- Thomas Duffeld
- John Gray, knight
- John Langton, knight
- Ralph [de Neville], former Earl of Westmorland
- John [de Greystoke], Lord Greystoke
- [Elizabeth] de Neville, mother of the present Earl of Westmorland
- [Ralph de Neville], Earl of Westmorland
- Richard Neville, knight
- Robert Tirwhit, justice of assize
- John Preston, justice of assize.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? 1427, but no evidence cited. However, the form of the petition, the endorsement, and the pattern of the damage to the right edge, all appear consistent with other petitions from the 1427-8 Parliament, while the date of 17 November would assign it to the first session.
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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 5011
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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/C9208180/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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