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Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex. de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/244/12200

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This record is about the Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex. de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex... dating from [1345] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/244/12200
Date
[1345]
Description
Petitioners
Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex.
Name(s)
de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, Humphrey
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Bohun requests that he have an end to his suit according to law for the livery of the castle and lands of Builth for which he has sued for a long time and shown the evidences that he has, and that he should have them as his inheritance.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Builth, [Brecknockshire, Wales].
People mentioned
[Edward of Woodstock], Prince of Wales
Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, father of the petitioner.
Note
The petition dates to 1345 as the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed dates to 20 May 1345 [19 Edw. III] (C 81/304/16862).
Related material

For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 16862 in C 81/304

For another badly damaged petition by the same petitioner with a writ see SC 8/34/1695

For another petition by the petitioner on the same subject see SC 8/34/1693

For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter see SC 8/34/1696

For another petition by the same petitioner with a writ see SC 8/34/1694

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.408-409 (calendar of the petition, incorrectly referenced as SC 8/245/12200)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.185 (no.44) (another later petition by the same petitioner on the same matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439805/

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