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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Hugh de Courtenay, Earl of Devon. de Courtenay, Earl of Devon Hugh King. Courtenay...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/254/12689
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This record is about the Hugh de Courtenay, Earl of Devon. de Courtenay, Earl of Devon Hugh King. Courtenay... dating from [1375] 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 8/254/12689
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1375]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Hugh de Courtenay, Earl of Devon.
- Name(s)
- de Courtenay, Earl of Devon, Hugh
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Courtenay requests a licence to grant the manors of Honiton, Nuneham and East Coker without the advowsons to the first and last to Vaggescomb, Bampton, Ponton, Burton and Hoddreffeld so that they can regrant them to the earl and his wife for the term of their lives, and after their deaths to Peter de Courtenay and his male heirs, and should he die with no male heirs to Philip de Courtenay and his male heirs, and then the right heirs of the petitioner
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:]This petition was granted by the king himself.[On dorse, none].
- Places mentioned
- Honiton, [Devon]
- Nuneham Courtenay, [Oxfordshire]
- East Coker, [Somerset]
- Exeter, [Devon]
- Parkham, [Devon]
- Long Crichel, [Dorset]
- Waddesdon, [Buckinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- Robert Vaggescomb, canon of Exeter and parson of Parkham
- William Baumpton (Bampton), parson of Long Crichel
- William Ponton, parson of Waddesdon
- Henry Burton
- John Hoddreffeld
- Margaret [de Courtenay], Countess of Devon
- Peter de Courtenay
- Philip de Courtenay.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1375 as the licence was granted on 8 September 1375 (CPR 1374-7, p.165).
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XVI, 1374-1377, (Public Record Office, 1916), p.165 (grant of licence)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440296/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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