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Edmund of Langley, Duke of York. Langley, Duke of York Edmund King. Edmund, Duke...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/256/12769

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This record is about the Edmund of Langley, Duke of York. Langley, Duke of York Edmund King. Edmund, Duke... dating from [1385] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/256/12769
Date
[1385]
Description
Petitioners
Edmund of Langley, Duke of York.
Name(s)
Langley, Duke of York, Edmund
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Edmund, Duke of York, asks that he might be quit of paying fees of the seal in Chancery for charters, letters patent, and writs of all kind in Chancery or in other courts, as has already been granted to his brothers of Lancaster and Aumale.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] Granted by the King.[None on dorse]
People mentioned
[John of Gaunt], Duke of Lancaster
[Thomas of Woodstock], Duke of Aumale (Duke of Gloucester).
Note
CPR 1385-9 p.34 is dated 24 October 1385, and is clearly in response to this petition.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.34 (grant to the petitioner that he might be free of such fees for life)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440376/

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