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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Wilughby (Willoughby), knight; Joan de Wilughby (Willoughby), wife of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/231/11516
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This record is about the William de Wilughby (Willoughby), knight; Joan de Wilughby (Willoughby), wife of... dating from [1405] 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 8/231/11516
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1405]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Wilughby (Willoughby), knight; Joan de Wilughby (Willoughby), wife of William de Willoughby.
- Name(s)
- de Wilughby (Willoughby); de Wilughby (Willoughby), William; Joan
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Willoughbys request writs to the escheators of various counties to remove their hands from the dower lands of Joan de Willoughby, and to deliver the issues and profits in the meantime. By an agreement between Edward, Duke of York and the Willoughbys they were granted the manor of Wakefield and the castle and vill of Sandal with various lands in Yorkshire and elsewhere, and these have been seized into the king's hand by the escheators by the king's order.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Wakefield, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Sandal, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Holmfirth, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
- Thorne, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
- Scammonden, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
- Hipperholme, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
- Rastrick, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
- Horbury, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
- Osset, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
- Stanley, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
- Allerthorpe, [East Riding of] Yorkshire
- Hitchin, Hertfordshire
- Grantham, Lincolnshire
- Northamptonshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Wiltshire
- Gloucestershire.
- People mentioned
- Edward [of York], Duke of York
- [Edmund or Langley], Duke of York.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1405 as an order in response to the petition was issued on 2 March 1405 (CCR 1402-5, p.432).
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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 Close Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1402-1405, (Public Record Office, 1929), p.432 (order to the escheator to deliver the dower lands following inquisition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335075/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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