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John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester and Cecilia Tiptoft, Duchess of Warwick, his wife....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/337/15908

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This record is about the John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester and Cecilia Tiptoft, Duchess of Warwick, his wife.... dating from [1450] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/337/15908
Date
[1450]
Description
Petitioners
John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester and Cecilia Tiptoft, Duchess of Warwick, his wife.
Name(s)
Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester; Tiptoft, Duchess of Warwick, John; Cecilia
Addressees
Council.
Nature of request
The petitioners request that all lands granted to Cecilia as her dower from the estates of the late Duke of Warwick be exempted from the current Act of Resumption.
Nature of endorsement
[on face] For the Earl of Worcester.Warwick.This bill is thought reasonable by the lords and they agree thereto.
People mentioned
Henry [Beauchamp], Duke of Warwick, late husband of Cecilia, Duchess of Warwick.
Note
The requested clause was included in the 1450 Act of Resumption (Rot. Parl, vol. V, p.186).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.186 (requested clause in the Act of Resumption)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529660/

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