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Henry of Lancaster. Lancaster Henry Council. Lancaster requests restoration of the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/174/8675

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Reference
SC 8/174/8675
Date
[1322-1324]
Description
Petitioners
Henry of Lancaster.
Name(s)
Lancaster, Henry
Addressees
Council.
Nature of request
Lancaster requests restoration of the castle of Chartley with the other lands that he petitioned for at the last parliament held at York.[There then follows a list of the lands claimed in various counties].[There then follows the transcripts of three charters].1) Grant by Henry III to Edmund his son and to his heirs of the honour of Lancaster.2) Charter of Queen Eleanor.3) Confirmation of Edward I.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
York
Chartley, Staffordshire
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Crockeres Lane, [London]
St Peter's cross, [London]
Pickering, [North Riding of] Yorkshire
Scalby, [North Riding of] Yorkshire
Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire
Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire
Stamford barony, Northumberland
Embleton, Northumberland]
River Tweed, Northumberland
Dunstanburgh, Northumberland
Melbourne, Derbyshire
Lancaster honour
Wyresdale forest, Lancashire
Lonsdale forest
St Paul's, London.
People mentioned
Henry III, King of England
Edmund [Crouchback], earl of Lancaster
Edward I, King of England
Simon de Montfort, earl [of Leicester]
John de Warenne, earl of Surrey
Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex
Philip Basset
Roger de S. . .y
Alan de Lazwith
William de Sancto Omere (St Omer)
Robert Aguillon
William de Lett'
Ralph de Bakeputz
Stephen de Eddeworth
Bartholomew de Bagod
Eleanor [of Castile], Queen of England.
Note
The petition dates to 1322-1324 because the petition is clearly part of Henry of Lancaster's attempts to recover his inheritance after the forfeiture of his elder brother, Thomas of Lancaster, and refers to the last parliament held at York that must refer to one of the three parliaments held at York between May and November 1322. The petition in all likelihood dates to 1323, and Lancaster appointed attorneys to prosecute his petitions before the king for the earldoms of Lancaster and Leicester on 6 May 1323 (CCR 1318-23, p.711). Much of what was petitioned for was actually granted on 29 March 1324, so that the petition certainly cannot be later than that date especially as Lancaster was granted the title of earl of Leicester at that time, and no such styling is evident in the petition (CFR 1319-27, p.268).
Related material

For a related document, see SC 8/56/2776

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.711 (the petitioner puts attorneys in his place to prosecute his petitions before the king for the earldoms of Lancaster and Leicester)
  • Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. III, Edw II, 1319-1327, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.268 (various orders to keepers of forfeited lands in various counties to grant the lands with exceptions to the petitioner)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294541/

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