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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Radegund Bechet, Lady of Mortemer. Bechet, Lady of Mortemer Radegund King. Bechet...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/230/11491
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This record is about the Radegund Bechet, Lady of Mortemer. Bechet, Lady of Mortemer Radegund King. Bechet... dating from [1403] 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 8/230/11491
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1403]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Radegund Bechet, Lady of Mortemer.
- Name(s)
- Bechet, Lady of Mortemer, Radegund
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Bechet requests letters of licence to go into the realm of France to treat with the duke of Berry and others detaining her inheritance along with certain of her servants. The duke holds the castle of Gency from her in the duchy of Guyenne and is bound to Bechet to pay the issues from the castle and lands and from all the other castles and lands of Says which they had when Guyenne was in the obedience of the prince of Aquitaine and which have not been paid and are in arrears for 3 years, she being greatly impoverished.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Gensac, [Guyenne, France]
- Guyenne, [France].
- People mentioned
- [John of France], Duke of Berry
- Charles V, King of France
- Charles VI, King of France
- Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Aquitaine and Wales
- Degore Says, knight.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1403 as a licence was granted on 12 July 1403 (CPR 1401-5, p.245).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Files 498.
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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. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.245 (grant of licence)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335050/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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