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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Anne de Stafford, Countess of Stafford, daughter and heir of Thomas of Woodstock,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/142/7063
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This record is about the Anne de Stafford, Countess of Stafford, daughter and heir of Thomas of Woodstock,... dating from [c. 1421-c. 1425] 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 8/142/7063
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1421-c. 1425]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Anne de Stafford, Countess of Stafford, daughter and heir of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester.
- Name(s)
- de Stafford, Countess of Stafford, Anne
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged]. Anne, Countess of Stafford, daughter and heir of Thomas, Duke of Gloucester, states that Richard II granted to her father the manor of Burstwick with appurtenances, after the death of Anne his Queen, who held it for term of life, in part compensation for £1000 annually granted to the Duke when he was Earl of Buckingham, to maintain his estate; and that he was seised of it after the Queen's death, and died seised of it. Then by a statute made in the parliament begun at Westminster in the late King's twenty-first year and adjourned to Shrewsbury, his lands were forfeited and seized into the hand of the late King. It then came into the hand of Henry IV, and the statute made in Richard II's twenty-first year was annulled in his first parliament, and the Duke's heirs restored. However, Henry IV gave the manor of Burstwick to Thomas, Duke of Clarence, from whom it descended to the King's father, and then to the King. The Countess asks that justice might be ordained for her, with the assent of the lords of parliament, and by authority of parliament.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Burstwick, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Westminster
- Shrewsbury, [Shropshire]
- Skipsea, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Lincolnshire
- Skeckling, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Lelley Dyke, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Paull, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Keyingham, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Withernsea, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Thomas [of Woodstock], Duke of Gloucester
- Richard II, King of England
- Anne [of Bohemia], Queen of England
- Henry [IV], King of England
- Thomas [of Lancaster], Duke of Clarence
- Henry [V], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- No date given: from the mention of the King's father and grandfather, this petition must date from the reign of Henry VI, most probably from the early years of Henry VI's minority.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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/C9209242/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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