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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Eleanor Driffeld, widow of Thomas Driffeld. Driffeld Eleanor Archbishop of York,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/300/14967A
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This record is about the Eleanor Driffeld, widow of Thomas Driffeld. Driffeld Eleanor Archbishop of York,... dating from [1388-1396] 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 8/300/14967A
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1388-1396]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Eleanor Driffeld, widow of Thomas Driffeld.
- Name(s)
- Driffeld, Eleanor
- Addressees
- Archbishop of York, Chancellor of England.
- Nature of request
- Eleanor, widow of Thomas Driffeld, states that her husband died in the service of the King of Spain on his last expedition, and that all his goods and chattels were taken into the King's hands for the arrears of the farm of the alien priory of Andwell, and valued at £26 4s 4d. The King has pardoned Eleanor this sum, so that she can support herself and her four children, as can be seen by the letters she has under the signet. She asks that she might have a warrant at the Exchequer according to the terms of these letters, for the delivery of these goods.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] This bill has been granted by the King.[None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- Andwell, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- [Thomas Arundel], Archbishop of York, Chancellor of England
- Thomas Driffeld
- [John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster], King of Spain (Castile and Leon).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Thomas Arundel was Chancellor between 24 October 1386 and 4 May 1389 and between 27 September 1391 and 15 November 1396, and was Archbishop of York between 1388 (papal provision 3 April) and 25 September 1396, when he became Archbishop of Canterbury. This petition would therefore seem to date from 1388-1389 or from 1391-1396. A note on the guard prefers the former.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/300/14967B
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518170/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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