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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Hugh le Despenser, the elder. Despenser Hugh King and council. Despenser requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/153/7633
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This record is about the Hugh le Despenser, the elder. Despenser Hugh King and council. Despenser requests... dating from [c. 1315-c. 1320] 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 8/153/7633
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1315-c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Hugh le Despenser, the elder.
- Name(s)
- Despenser, Hugh
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Despenser requests that he be discharged from the award of dower from the lands in Warwickshire that he holds with others during the minority of the earl of Warwick, the Zouches having sued for a third of the manor of Beoley in dower and being assigned money from the Warwickshire lands.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Beoley, Worcestershire
- Warwickshire.
- People mentioned
- William la Zousche (Zouche)
- Alice [la Zousche (Zouche)], countess of Warwick
- John [de Beauchamp], earl of Warwick, son of Guy de Beauchamp.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1315-c. 1320 because Guy de Beauchamp died in 1315, and as this is a dispute concerning his widow's dower, a date range such as this seems most appropriate.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related document by the Zouches, see SC 8/153/7634
For transcript, see no.104 of PRO 31/7/95
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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/C9209822/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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