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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Elizabeth Despenser, widow of Edward, Lord Despenser. Despenser Elizabeth King and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/158/7884
What’s it about?
This record is about the Elizabeth Despenser, widow of Edward, Lord Despenser. Despenser Elizabeth King and... dating from [c. 1377] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/158/7884
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Elizabeth Despenser, widow of Edward, Lord Despenser.
- Name(s)
- Despenser, Elizabeth
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Despenser requests the wardship of her son and his lands during his minority, paying the true value, in accordance with the statute of 14 Edward III.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- People mentioned
- [Edward le Despenser], Lord Despenser, late husband of the petitioner
- Thomas [Despenser], son and heir of Lord Despenser.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated in accordance with the guard notes to c. 1377, the petition is clearly early in the reign of Richard II, and the petitioner's husband died in 1375. It is unlikely that Lady Despenser would have waited too long to present this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an almost identical petition from the same petitioner with a response see SC 8/106/5275
For a related petition see SC 8/107/5316
For a related petition, see SC 8/85/4205
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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/C9210076/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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