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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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Joan of Kent, Princess of Wales. Kent, Princess of Wales Joan King. Princess Joan...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/180/9000
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This record is about the Joan of Kent, Princess of Wales. Kent, Princess of Wales Joan King. Princess Joan... dating from [1377] 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 8/180/9000
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Joan of Kent, Princess of Wales.
- Name(s)
- Kent, Princess of Wales, Joan
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Princess Joan requests that, whereas the king has granted two-thirds of the lands and other property lately of her husband, Prince Edward, to their son, Prince Richard, and the other third to her for her dower, to avoid delays in Chancery he may instead grant that Prince Richard receive all three parts of the lands, together with all profits and revenues from the lands from the day of Prince Edward's death, so that he can then grant her dower.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] This bill was delivered to the Bishop of St David's, Chancellor, by John, King of Castile and Leon and Duke of Lancaster.
- People mentioned
- Richard [of Bordeaux, Prince of Wales]
- [Edward of Woodstock], Prince [of Wales], late husband of the petitioner
- [Adam Houghton], Bishop of St David's, Chancellor
- John [of Gaunt], King of Castile and Leon and Duke of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Adam Houghton, Bishop of St David's, was chancellor between 11 January 1377 and 29 October 1378, but the petition clearly dates to before the death of Edward III on 21 June 1377.
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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/C9294868/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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