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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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Henry of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester. Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/167/8318
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This record is about the Henry of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester. Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster... dating from [1327] 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 8/167/8318
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Henry of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester.
- Name(s)
- Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester, Henry
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- Henry, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester, requests the return to him of all charters and other muniments relating to lands given to his father and brother by Henry III and Edward I, and lands bought from others. These charters were taken into the king's hands following the death of his brother Thomas, and are still retained.
- Nature of endorsement
- Have a writ in chancery to the treasurer and chamberlains of the Exchequer and any others in whose custody these charters remain, as stated by the earl, that they deliver up all such charters to the earl.
- People mentioned
- Thomas [of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster, brother of the petitioner
- Henry III, King of England
- Edward I, King of England
- Edmund [of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster, father of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Securely dated by reference to Rot. Parl. Hac. Ined., pp.144-5.
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum Anglie Hactenus Inediti, Ed. H.G. Richardson and G.O. Sayles, (Camden Society, 3rd Series, vol. LI, 1935), pp.143-4 (full edition of petition)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.430b (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294163/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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