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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Edward of York, Duke of York. York, Duke of York Edward Council. The duke requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/172/8595
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This record is about the Edward of York, Duke of York. York, Duke of York Edward Council. The duke requests... dating from 1403 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 8/172/8595
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1403
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Edward of York, Duke of York.
- Name(s)
- York, Duke of York, Edward
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- The duke requests a grant of the wardship and marriage of Richard Despenser with all the castles, manors, lands and tenements.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face].11 May 1403, the council [named] are agreed that the duke can have the wardship for his costs and wages when he served as lieutenant in Guyenne, which matter was reported to the king and is his will and is to be put in execution.[On dorse, none].
- Places mentioned
- Guyenne, [France]
- Easthampstead, [Berkshire].
- People mentioned
- Richard [Despenser, lord Despenser], son and heir of Thomas, lord Despenser
- Thomas [Despenser], Lord Despenser
- [Thomas Arundel], Archbishop of Canterbury
- [Guy Mone, Bishop of St David's], treasurer
- [John Bottlesham], Bishop of Rochester
- [Thomas Langley], Keeper of the Privy Seal
- Lord Lovell
- John Norbury.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1403 as the council warrant added below the petition is dated in its dating clause to 11 May 1403, and the actual grant followed on 17 May (CPR 1401-5, p.235).
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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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- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.290 (full summary of petition, erroneously entered under SC 8/172/8594)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.235 (grant of the wardship to the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294461/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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