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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Edmund of Langley, Duke of York. Langley, Duke of York Edmund King. [This petition...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/255/12749
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This record is about the Edmund of Langley, Duke of York. Langley, Duke of York Edmund King. [This petition... dating from [1400] 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 8/255/12749
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1400]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Edmund of Langley, Duke of York.
- Name(s)
- Langley, Duke of York, Edmund
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly damaged.]Edmund, Duke of York, states that Richard II gave him and his heirs male the honour, vill, fair and market of Rayleigh in Essex, together with the profits of herbage in the park of Rayleigh, and also Thundersley, Eastwood, and Newport in the same county, with all franchises pertaining to them, for himself and his heirs male after the death of Aubrey de Veer, who held them for term of life and is now dead, in part compensation for a previous grant of money made by Richard II. Richard also granted him the keeping of the castle of Hadleigh, which Aubrey also held for term of life, to hold for term of life after Aubrey's death, with remainder to Edmund's son, Edward, Earl of Rutland, [and requests confirmation of these grants].
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] This bill was granted by the King.[None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- Rayleigh, Essex
- Thundersley, Essex
- Eastwood, Essex
- Newport, Essex
- Hadleigh, Essex.
- People mentioned
- Richard [II], King of England
- Aubrey de Veer
- Edward [of York], Earl of Rutland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1399-1401 p.354 is dated 17 July 1400, and would seem to be in response to this petition.
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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, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1401, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.354 (grant in accordance with this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440356/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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