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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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Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford. de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/327/E825
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This record is about the Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford. de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and... dating from [c. 1307] 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 8/327/E825
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford.
- Name(s)
- de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, Gilbert
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Clare requests remedy so that he does not lose his tenant and is not disinherited as the lands and tenements that were his inheritance were taken into the late king's hand because his mother married Monthermer without licence, and afterwards, Mautravers made simple homage to the king's father for his lands that were of the earl's inheritance, to the earls disinheritance as he holds nothing of the king, and the relief is now on demand to the king's use.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- People mentioned
- [Joan of Acre], Countess [of Gloucester] and mother of the petitioner
- [Ralph] de Monthermer
- John Mautravers.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1307 as the petition is clearly of Edward II's reign, and probably soon after the petitioner became earl after his mother's death in 1307.
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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/C9682820/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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