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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
Hugh le Despenser; Sibyl le Despenser, wife of Hugh le Despenser. Despenser; Despenser...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/182/9094
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This record is about the Hugh le Despenser; Sibyl le Despenser, wife of Hugh le Despenser. Despenser; Despenser... dating from [c. 1388-1399] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/182/9094
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1388-1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Hugh le Despenser; Sibyl le Despenser, wife of Hugh le Despenser.
- Name(s)
- Despenser; Despenser, Hugh; Sibyl
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request that the king order the arrest of Legh, Goldyngton, Goldsmyth and Clerk, who gathered a band of 80 armed men, rode around the town of St Neots until they reached their town of Little Barford, where they attacked their manor, stealing goods and documents.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Bedfordshire
- Huntingdonshire
- St Neots, Huntingdonshire
- Berkford (Little Barford), [Bedfordshire].
- People mentioned
- John atte Legh
- John Goldyngton (Goldington) the younger
- Henry Goldsmyth (Goldsmith) of Bedfordshire
- Walter Clerk of Huntingdonshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1388, with reference to an unrelated recognisance from that year (CCR 1385-9, p.614). Sibyl and Hugh must have been married by that date, and Hugh died in 1399.
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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/C9294971/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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