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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
Item
Elizabeth Lancastre (Lancaster), countess of Huntingdon. Lancastre (Lancaster), countess...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/177/8813
What’s it about?
This record is about the Elizabeth Lancastre (Lancaster), countess of Huntingdon. Lancastre (Lancaster), countess... dating from [1400] 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 8/177/8813
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1400]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Elizabeth Lancastre (Lancaster), countess of Huntingdon.
- Name(s)
- Lancastre (Lancaster), countess of Huntingdon, Elizabeth
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Lancastre requests that she be granted the goods and chattels of her husband, and that the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer be commanded to cease their demand on her for the goods and chattels. She is being impeached in the Exchequer for certain goods and chattels that were her late husband's, and the escheator of Devon also holds certain goods to serve her children.[The petition is followed by three lists entitled:1) The goods that are demanded from the hand of the countess.2) The goods that were delivered to serve the children.3) The goods that were not delivered to her hands after the forfeiture.]
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Devon.
- People mentioned
- John Holand (Holland), earl of Huntingdon.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1400 as most of the goods were granted to the petitioner on 5 December 1400 (CPR 1399-1401, p.398).
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1401, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.398 (grant to the petitioner of the goods)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294681/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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