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Edward of York, duke of York. York, duke of York Edward King. York requests that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/231/11525

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SC 8/231/11525
Date
[1405]
Description
Petitioners
Edward of York, duke of York.
Name(s)
York, duke of York, Edward
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
York requests that the chancellor be commanded to make writs to the escheators and other officers to remove the king's hand from his castles, manors, lordships, lands, rents and possessions and of his goods and chattels which were taken into the king's hand by the king's order, and that the issues taken in the meantime be restored to him.He also requests suitable writs to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer, as to the customers and collectors of the customs and subsidies in the ports of London, Hull, Lynn and Boston to pay the annuities due to him.
Nature of endorsement
Memorandum that on 7 December in 7 [Henry IV] the petition was given to the chancellor in the presence of the lords [named] commanding him to make such writs as were suitable for the contents of the petition.
Places mentioned
London
Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
King's Lynn, [Norfolk]
Boston, [Lincolnshire]
Tower of London, London.
People mentioned
[Thomas Arundel], Archbishop of Canterbury
[Richard le Scrope], Archbishop of York
[Henry Beaufort], Bishop of Winchester
[Henry Bowet], Bishop of Bath [and Wells]
[John Beaufort], Earl of Somerset
[Thomas Langley], chancellor
[Thomas Neville, lord Furnival], treasurer
[Nicholas Bubwith], keeper of the privy seal
Lord Lovell
John Stanley, steward of the king's household
Arnold Savage.
Note
The petition dates to 1405 as the memorandum on the response is dated to 7th December 1405 (7 [Hen. IV]).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Chancery Files 538.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335084/

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