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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Hugh le Despenser, the elder. Despenser Hugh King. [The petition is badly damaged...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/241/12004
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This record is about the Hugh le Despenser, the elder. Despenser Hugh King. [The petition is badly damaged... dating from [1319] 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 8/241/12004
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1319]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Hugh le Despenser, the elder.
- Name(s)
- Despenser, Hugh
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is badly damaged and is missing a portion from the upper right-hand corner].Despenser requests that the king will command . . . that he have regard to the inquisition diem clausit extremum of Dean, and do right to him without further delay concerning the wardship and marriage of [? the heir].
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Mitcheldean, [Gloucestershire]
- Littledean, [Gloucestershire].
- People mentioned
- William de Dene (Dean).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1319 as the privy seal warrant in response to the petition dates to 18 June 1319 [12 Edw. II] (C 81/1329/5). The writ of diem clausit extremum to hold Dene's inquisition post mortem was issued on 16 May 1319, with a writ of certiorari issued on 8 June and a writ of plenius certiorari on 11 October.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the secret seal warrant with which this petition was enclosed, see no.5 in C 81/1329
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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 Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. VI, 10-20 Edw II, (Public Record Office, 1910), no.167 (inquisition post mortem of William de Dene)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439607/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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