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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas de Wodestoke (Woodstock); Eleanor de Wodestoke (Woodstock), wife of Thomas...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/333/E1011
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This record is about the Thomas de Wodestoke (Woodstock); Eleanor de Wodestoke (Woodstock), wife of Thomas... dating from [1375-1376] 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 8/333/E1011
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1375-1376]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas de Wodestoke (Woodstock); Eleanor de Wodestoke (Woodstock), wife of Thomas de Woodstock and daughter and heir of Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex; Mary de Bohun, daughter and heir of Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex.
- Name(s)
- de Wodestoke (Woodstock); de Wodestoke (Woodstock); de Bohun, Thomas; Eleanor; Mary
- Addressees
- Council of the prince.
- Nature of request
- The Wodestokes and Bohun request delivery of the manor of Westcote with the issues taken in the time that the manor has been in the princes hands, as the late Earl of Hereford and Essex enfeoffed Sudbury and others with the manor and other lands and these were settled of the Maghfelds and the issue of Joan Maghfeld's body, they dieing without issue, the manor should revert to the right heirs of the earl. The prince's ministers have entered into the manor against the law.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Westcote, [Gloucestershire].
- People mentioned
- [Edward of Woodstock], Prince [of Wales]
- Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex
- Simon [Sudbury], late Bishop of London
- John Knyvet
- Robert de Maghfeld
- Joan [de Maghfeld], wife of Robert de Maghfeld.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1375-1376 as it comes from an original file of petitions addressed to the Black Prince or his council dating to those years.
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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/C9683134/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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