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Denise Dudecote. Dudecote Denise King and council. Denise Dudecote states that certain...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/240/11964
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This record is about the Denise Dudecote. Dudecote Denise King and council. Denise Dudecote states that certain... dating from [1388] 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 8/240/11964
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1388]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Denise Dudecote.
- Name(s)
- Dudecote, Denise
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Denise Dudecote states that certain lands of hers in Knightsbridge in Middlesex were seized into the hands of the King's grandfather, because of an indictment maliciously made against her, for which the King's grandfather gave her a charter of pardon; and that the King, in the first year of his reign, has ordered that her lands were to be returned to her. She requests letters under the privy seal to the Chancellor, ordering him to send a writ to the Sheriff of Middlesex to deliver her lands and tenements to her.
- Nature of endorsement
- This bill is to be delivered to the Chancellor, and he is to have the truth inquired into, and is further to do justice.
- Places mentioned
- Knightsbridge, Middlesex.
- People mentioned
- [Edward III], King of England
- [Edward of Woodstock], Prince of Wales.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1388 as the privy seal warrant with which it was formerly enclosed dates to 6 April 11 Ric. II. (C 81/500, no. 4761).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no.4761 of C 81/500
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335528/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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