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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent. Woodstock, Earl of Kent Edmund King. Edmund, Earl...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/292/14585
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This record is about the Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent. Woodstock, Earl of Kent Edmund King. Edmund, Earl... dating from [? 1328-? 1329] 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 8/292/14585
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1328-? 1329]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent.
- Name(s)
- Woodstock, Earl of Kent, Edmund
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Edmund, Earl of Kent, states that the king gave him by his charter all the lands in Leicestershire formerly belonging to Hugh le Despenser the father, except for the manor of Loughborough with its appurtenances, which he had already given to Henry de Beaumond. Now Henry has accroached to himself the manors of Beaumanor, Arnesby, Hugglescote, Castle Donington, Barrow upon Soar, Burton on the Wolds, Prestwold, Cotes, and Freeby, claiming that these are appurtenances of Loughborough, when in fact they are not. He requests a remedy, so that the gift given to him might take effect.
- Nature of endorsement
- A writ is to be sent to Henry de Beaumond to be in Chancery on a certain day, with his charter for Loughborough, to show it there and to answer to the king as to why he has entered the manors which do not pertain to Loughborough, and to do and receive there what the court adjudges.Enrolled.
- Places mentioned
- Loughborough, Leicestershire
- Beaumanor, Leicestershire
- Arnesby, Leicestershire
- Hugglescote, Leicestershire
- Donington (Castle Donington), Leicestershire
- Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire
- Burton on the Wolds, Leicestershire
- Prestwold, Leicestershire
- Cotes, Leicestershire
- Fritheby (Freeby), Leicestershire.
- People mentioned
- Hugh le Despenser, the father
- Henry de Beaumond (Beaumont).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Edited in Rot. Parl. vol. II p.26b (no. 40) as belonging to 2 Edward III (25 January 1328-14 January 1329), and confirmed as almost certainly belonging to that year by PROME Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp.13-30, no.40.
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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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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.26b (no.40) (full edition of later edition of original petition)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp.13-30, no.40 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735747/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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