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Nicholas de Hungerford. de Hungerford Nicholas King and council. Hungerford requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/311/15565

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This record is about the Nicholas de Hungerford. de Hungerford Nicholas King and council. Hungerford requests... dating from [1322-1324] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/311/15565
Date
[1322-1324]
Description
Petitioners
Nicholas de Hungerford.
Name(s)
de Hungerford, Nicholas
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Hungerford requests confirmation of the office of Keeper of the Forest of Duffield, granted him for term of life by Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, for his good service to Edmund, Earl of Lancaster and to Blanche, Queen of Navarre, and of land in Wirksworth.1)
Nature of endorsement
Before the King.2) Nicholas de Hungerford.
Places mentioned
Duffield forest, [Derbyshire]
Wirksworth, [Derbyshire].
People mentioned
Blanche, Queen of Navarre
Thomas [of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster
Edmund [Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster].
Note
The petition probably dates to 1322-4 since it appears to be an alternative version of SC 8/200/9993.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/7/340

For a longer version of this petition see SC 8/200/9993

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682575/

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