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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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Constance Despenser, widow of Thomas Despenser, Lord Despenser. Despenser Constance...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/187/9329
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This record is about the Constance Despenser, widow of Thomas Despenser, Lord Despenser. Despenser Constance... dating from [1404] 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 8/187/9329
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1404]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Constance Despenser, widow of Thomas Despenser, Lord Despenser.
- Name(s)
- Despenser, Constance
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Constance, widow of Thomas, Lord Despenser, requests to be restored to the common law so that she may sue for the recovery of her lands in dower from her late husband, notwithstanding the forfeiture adjudged against him, and the fact that she is not dowable from this property on account of that forfeiture.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king has granted that she should be restored to the common law, to have, sue for and recover her dower from the lordships etc. held by Thomas, both of the king and others, notwithstanding any earlier forfeiture or ordinance against Thomas, and also notwithstanding that she is not dowable from any lordships, etc. held by Thomas due to his forfeiture.
- People mentioned
- Thomas [Despenser], Lord Despenser, late husband of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A transcript of this petition appears on the roll for the parliament of January 1404.
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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.311 (brief summary of petition, with references)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.533 (transcript of petition and response, from parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295207/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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