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John de Leventhorp (Leventhorpe), esquire. de Leventhorp (Leventhorpe) John King...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/121/6035

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Reference
SC 8/121/6035
Date
[1433]
Description
Petitioners
John de Leventhorp (Leventhorpe), esquire.
Name(s)
de Leventhorp (Leventhorpe), John
Addressees
King and Council.
Nature of request
John de Leventhorp requests the confirmation of an annuity of £24 granted to him from the fee farm of Godmanchester by Henry V in 1413, notwithstanding the inclusion of the manor in another grant of 1415 to John and various others. He also requests freedom from any actions by the king or his ministers in the manor in relation to this annuity.
Nature of endorsement
[In English] The king wills that the grant to Leventhorp and others should not be prejudicial to Leventhorp's original annuity of £24, which he should receive for the term of his life. He also wills that neither Leventhorp nor his heirs should be impeached, molested or aggrieved by the king, his heirs or ministers in the manor of Godmanchester in connection with this annuity, as requested in the petition.
Places mentioned
Duchy of Lancaster
Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire
Southampton, [Hampshire].
People mentioned
Henry [V], King of England
bailiffs of Godmanchester
Henry [Chichele], Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England
Henry [Beaufort], Bishop of Winchester, now Cardinal
Thomas [Langley], Bishop of Durham
Walter Hungerford, knight.
Note
Assigned by Rot. Parl. vol. IV, pp.471-2 to the Parliament of 1433.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5054
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), pp.471b-472a (full edition of petition and response)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208204/

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