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Margaret Marshal, Countess of Norfolk; John de Hastyngs (Hastings), Earl of Pembroke....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/252/12586

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This record is about the Margaret Marshal, Countess of Norfolk; John de Hastyngs (Hastings), Earl of Pembroke.... dating from [1384-c. 1389] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/252/12586
Date
[1384-c. 1389]
Description
Petitioners
Margaret Marshal, Countess of Norfolk; John de Hastyngs (Hastings), Earl of Pembroke.
Name(s)
Marshal, Countess of Norfolk; de Hastyngs (Hastings), Earl of Pembroke, Margaret; John
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The countess and the earl request that the safe-keeping of the dower lands and tenements of Anne, late countess of Pembroke be entrusted to her, it being part of the heritage of the earl, and to hold the same until the earl comes of age, reminding the king of the statute for the custody of lands of heirs under age.
Nature of endorsement
[On face:]This petition is granted by the king.[On dorse, none].
People mentioned
Anne [Hastyngs (Hastings)], Countess of Pembroke, and widow of John de Hastings, Earl of Pembroke.
Note
The petition dates to 1384-1389 as the petition refers to the death of Countess Anne who died in April 1384, and John Hastings, one of the petitioners died in December 1389 (Complete Peerage, vol. X, pp.393-4; Handbook of British Chronology, p.477).
Related material

For a related schedule, see SC 8/185/9208

For a related petition by the same petitioners with an addition, see SC 8/224/11176

For a related petition, see SC 8/183/9104

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.422-423 (calendar of petition)
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. IV, 1-12 Ric II, (Public Record Office, 1957), no.375 (inquisitions into waste committed in the estates of the earl of Pembroke)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440193/

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