John Cornewaill (Cornwall), knight; Elizabeth Lancastre (Lancaster), countess of...

Petitioners

John Cornewaill (Cornwall), knight; Elizabeth Lancastre (Lancaster), countess of Huntingdon, wife of John Cornewaill (Cornwall), widow of John de Holland, late Earl of Huntingdon.

Name(s)

Cornewaill (Cornwall); Lancastre (Lancaster), countess of Huntingdon, John; Elizabeth

Addressees

King.

Nature of request

[Right-hand side missing] John Cornewaill and his wife Elizabeth, Countess of Huntingdon, request that the chancellor endow Elizabeth with the manors and lands of her late husband in Devon and Somerset, granted to them by the King, and that notwithstanding her late husband's forfeiture, they may have delivery of the same as her dower for the term of her life.

Nature of endorsement

[None].

Places mentioned

Westminster

Barnstaple, Devon

Combe Martin, Devon

Winkleigh Tracey, [Devon]

Dartington, Devon

Blackborough Boty, Devon

Fremington hundred, Devon

South Molton hundred, Devon

Highley, [Devon]

Stone hundred, Somerset

Catsash hundred, Somerset.

People mentioned

John de Holand (Holland), Earl of Huntingdon

James Daudelegh (d'Audeley) of Highley.

For a related petition from the same petitioners see SC 8/331/15675

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1402-1405, (Public Record Office, 1929), pp.342-3 (order to assign lands to Elizabeth as dower in accordance with petition)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1401, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.483 (vacated grant of lands during minority of heir) & p.550 (grant of lands during minority of heir)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.386 (exemplification of petition and King's assent to same)