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Philip le Despenser, son and heir of Philip le Despenser. Despenser Philip King....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/244/12159
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/244/12159
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1347]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Philip le Despenser, son and heir of Philip le Despenser.
- Name(s)
- Despenser, Philip
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Despenser requests letters of the privy seal to the chancellor to make a writ to the justices to render judgment to Despenser without delay on the verdict of an inquisition held into his claims to the manor of Parlington. Hugh le Despenser granted the manor to the petitioner's father, but the manor is now in the queen's hand and Despenser has sued for right to be done to him for the manor, but the justices will not act without the king's command.
- Nature of endorsement
- It pleases the king that the chancellor make a writ for the petitioner to the justice in the case that if the inquisition passed as it was alleged that they go to render judgment on it without delay in right of the manor.
- Places mentioned
- Parlington, [West Riding of] Yorkshire.
- People mentioned
- Philippa [of Hainault], Queen of England
- Philip le Despenser, father of the petitioner, and son of Hugh le Despenser, the father
- Hugh le Despenser, the father.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1347 as the privy seal warrant was issued on 30 May and the justices were commanded to proceed to judgment on 8 June 1347 (C 81/319/18372; CCR 1346-9, pp.40, 223-4).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related document, see SC 8/293/14611
For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 18372 in C 81/319
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. VIII, 1346-1349, (Public Record Office, 1905), pp.40, 223-4 (order to admit the petitioner to verification, and order to render judgment)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439764/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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