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Richard FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel and Surrey. FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel and Surrey...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/251/12502

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Reference
SC 8/251/12502
Date
[1385]
Description
Petitioners
Richard FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel and Surrey.
Name(s)
FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Richard
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The Earl of Arundel requests the annulment of certain letters patent and the related processes regarding his possession of the vills of Llay, Burton and Honkley and half the vill of Trevalyn. He states that an inquest held before Holand found that these vills were a parcel of the lordship of Hopedale in Flintshire, which the king had granted to Holand, and the earl was thus sued for possession. However, he states that the vills never formed part of the lordship of Hopedale, but were part of his lordship of Bromfield, granted to his family by Edward I.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Chester, [Cheshire]
Flint, [Flintshire, Wales]
Llay, [Denbighshire, Wales]
Burton, [Denbighshire, Wales]
Huncley (Honkley), [Denbighshire, Wales]
Trefhalyn (Trevalyn), [Denbighshire, Wales]
Hopedale lordship, [Flintshire, Wales]
Flintshire, [Wales]
Bromfield lordship, [Denbighshire, Wales].
People mentioned
John de Holand, Justice of Chester and Flint
Richard de Stafford
[Edward of Woodstock], Prince [of Wales]
Edward I, King of England
Henry III, King of England.
Note
The requested annulment was granted on 21 September 1385.
Related material

For the chancery warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.3739 of C 81/490

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.417-8 (summary translation of petition)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), pp.25-6 (requested annulment)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440108/

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