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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Joan de Bohun, Countess of Hereford. de Bohun, Countess of Hereford Joan Chancellor....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/311/15574
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This record is about the Joan de Bohun, Countess of Hereford. de Bohun, Countess of Hereford Joan Chancellor.... dating from [c. 1374] 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 8/311/15574
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1374]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Joan de Bohun, Countess of Hereford.
- Name(s)
- de Bohun, Countess of Hereford, Joan
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- The countess of Hereford requests delivery of the manor of Balscott as her dower. The Earl of Northampton granted the manor to Giffard for life, with the reversion to his son, the Earl of Hereford and his heirs forever. Giffard died on 1 December 1374.
- Nature of endorsement
- She should have a writ to enquire into the matter contained within.
- Places mentioned
- Balscott, Oxfordshire.
- People mentioned
- [Humphrey de Bohun], Earl of Hereford, husband of the petitioner
- [William de Bohun], Earl of Northampton, father-in-law of the petitioner
- Gilbert Giffard.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to after 1 December 1374 when Giffard died, as mentioned within.
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. XIV, 1374-1377, (Public Record Office, 1913), pp.22-6 (orders to escheators of various counties to deliver in dower to petitioner those lands which the King has assigned her, not mentioning Balscott)
- Proceedings against the Crown (1216-1377), Ludwik Ehrlich, (, 1921), p.261 (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682584/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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