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Philip le Despenser. Despenser Philip King. Philip le Despenser states that Hugh...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/293/14611
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/293/14611
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1346]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Philip le Despenser.
- Name(s)
- Despenser, Philip
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Philip le Despenser states that Hugh le Despenser the father, his grandfather, gave and granted to Philip his son, Philip's father, certain lands and tenements, namely Barrow in Cheshire, Parlington in Yorkshire, Alkborough in Lincolnshire, for Philip and the heirs of his body to have and hold. [The rest of the petition is obscured by conservation work, but it would appear that Philip re-enfeoffed Hugh with these manors, and that they were then seized into the hand of the king.]
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] In camera.[On dorse] If the tenements are in another hand than the hand of the king, he is to sue at common law.
- Places mentioned
- Barowe (Barrow), Cheshire
- Parlington, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
- Alkborough, Lincolnshire.
- People mentioned
- Hugh le Despenser the father
- Philip [le Despenser], father of Philip le Despenser.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the basis of the hand and content. It is clear that the case involving Parlington was especially complicated: the petition seems to be earlier than CCR 1346-9 p.40, dated 11 February 1346, and pp.223-224, dated 8 June 1347.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition, see SC 8/244/12159
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. VIII, 1346-1349, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.40 (instructions to allow the petitioner to proceed in a case concerning Parlington, without rendering judgment) & pp.223-224 (instructions to render judgment)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735773/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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