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Andrew Borlas. Borlas Andrew Council of the prince. Borlas requests that it is granted...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/333/E1116

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Reference
SC 8/333/E1116
Date
[1401-1402]
Description
Petitioners
Andrew Borlas.
Name(s)
Borlas, Andrew
Addressees
Council of the prince.
Nature of request
Borlas requests that it is granted under the prince's seal letters to his feodary to remove his hand from land in Borlase Taillefer and Bossaghammir until the matter of to whom the lands pertain can be discussed. Borlas was granted by letters patent of the late king the lands that were bought by his ancestor without a licence during the war, his ancestor being of French lineage, and these were seized by the feodary of the prince without warrant and against the grant of the late king.
Nature of endorsement
Let letters be made to the supplicant similar to those letters patent made by King Richard to the supplicant by sufficient mainprise. And let other letters be made to the feoder or his lieutenant to remove his hand.
Places mentioned
Cornwall
Borlas Taillefer [Borlase], [Cornwall]
Bossaghammir [unidentified], [Cornwall].
People mentioned
[Henry of Monmouth], Prince [of Wales]
Henry Ilcombe, escheator of Cornwall
Richard II, King of England
John Frank Taillifer
Note
The petition is dated to 1401-1402 as it comes from an original file of petitions addressed to Henry Monmouth, Prince of Wales and or his council dating to those years.
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/C9683240/

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