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Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster. Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster Katherine...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/188/9368
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This record is about the Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster. Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster Katherine... dating from [1399] 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 8/188/9368
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster.
- Name(s)
- Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster, Katherine
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Katherine, Duchess of Lancaster, requests that she be granted for the term of her life all the lands, franchises and liberties in the various manors, hundreds, etc. which were granted to her late husband by Edward III in exchange for the earldom of Richmond.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Knaresborough, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
- Tickhill, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
- Staincliffe wapentake, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
- Gringley on the Hill, Nottinghamshire
- Wheatley, Nottinghamshire
- Pevensey, Sussex
- Willingdon, Sussex
- Maresfield, Sussex
- Endlewick, Sussex
- Ashdown forest, Sussex
- North Greenhoe hundred, Norfolk
- North Erpingham hundred, Norfolk
- South Erpingham hundred, Norfolk
- Smithdon hundred, Norfolk
- Wighton, Norfolk
- Aylsham, Norfolk
- Fakenham, Norfolk
- Snettisham, Norfolk
- Glatton, Huntingdonshire
- Holme, Huntingdonshire
- Earldom of Richmond.
- People mentioned
- [John of Gaunt], Duke of Lancaster
- Edward III, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Clearly datable to 1399, between the death of John of Gaunt and the deposition of Richard II.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/256/12758
For the chancery warrant with which this petition was probably formerly enclosed see no.12937 of C 81/582
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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, Ric II, vol. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.516 (similar related grant) & p.555 (related grant)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295246/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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