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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Eleanor Driffeld, widow of Thomas Driffeld, esquire of the Duke of Lancaster. Driffeld...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/300/14967B
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This record is about the Eleanor Driffeld, widow of Thomas Driffeld, esquire of the Duke of Lancaster. Driffeld... dating from [c. 1388-c. 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 8/300/14967B
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1388-c. 1396]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Eleanor Driffeld, widow of Thomas Driffeld, esquire of the Duke of Lancaster.
- Name(s)
- Driffeld, Eleanor
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- Eleanor, widow of Thomas Driffeld, states that her husband died in the service of the Duke of Lancaster on his last expedition, and that all his goods and chattels were taken into the King's hands for the a certain demand made on him in the Exchequer, 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 writ for her release and that of her pledges, as otherwise she will be imprisoned in perpetuity at the suit of these pledges, as all the goods and chattels thus valued have been wasted by Thomas Thorp, who has the farm from the King.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Hampshire.
- People mentioned
- Thomas Driffeld, esquire of the Duke of Lancaster
- [John of Gaunt], Duke of Lancaster
- Thomas Thorp.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Apparently of around the same date as SC 8/300/14967A, which is datable to 1388-1389 or to 1391-1396.
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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 8/300/14967A
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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/C9518171/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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