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John Cornewaill (Cornwall), knight. Cornewaill (Cornwall) John King. Cornewaill requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/271/13521

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This record is about the John Cornewaill (Cornwall), knight. Cornewaill (Cornwall) John King. Cornewaill requests... dating from [1405] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/271/13521
Date
[1405]
Description
Petitioners
John Cornewaill (Cornwall), knight.
Name(s)
Cornewaill (Cornwall), John
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Cornewaill requests that he be granted the manor of Weston to the value of £50 per annum for life, the manor being in the king's hand by the forfeiture of the Earl Marshal.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Weston, Hertfordshire.
People mentioned
Thomas [de Mowbray], Earl Marshal.
Note
The petition dates to 1405 as the manor was granted to the petitioner on 14 July 1405 (CPR 1405-8, p.68)
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/213/10650

For another petition by the same petitioner and the countess of Huntingdon, see SC 8/22/1075

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, Hen IV, vol. III, 1405-1408, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.68 (grant of the manor to the petitioner)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517468/

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