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Henry de Lancastre (Lancaster), Duke of Hereford. de Lancastre (Lancaster), Duke...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/332/15718A

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This record is about the Henry de Lancastre (Lancaster), Duke of Hereford. de Lancastre (Lancaster), Duke... dating from [1398] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/332/15718A
Date
[1398]
Description
Petitioners
Henry de Lancastre (Lancaster), Duke of Hereford.
Name(s)
de Lancastre (Lancaster), Duke of Hereford, Henry
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Lancastre makes three requests.1) He asks that the licence granted for himself and twelve persons to enter Calais and stay there, be extended to include servants for each person.2) He asks that the keeper of the privy seal make warrant to the chancellor from time to time for the protection with clause volumus granted to the men in his company.3) He asks for licence to go overseas from any port with a maximum of 200 persons, £1000 for expenses, all his gold, gilt and silver vessels and all his other jewels, horses, equipment and other things necessary to his estate, and that the 200 people travelling with him may do likewise.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] 1) [No response].2) The King grants it and that it should say in their protections who is going overseas at the King's command.3) The King has granted that the Duke should leave from the port of Dover with 200 persons or less, £1000 for expenses, all his gold, gilt and silver vessels and all his other jewels, horses, equipment and other necessary things.
Places mentioned
Calais, [France]
Kent
Dover, [Kent].
People mentioned
Thomas Erpyngham
John Dabrichecourte
Thomas Rempston
John Cokeyn
Henry Towet, clerk
John Norbury
Thomas Totty
John Payn
Robert Chalouns
Edmund Brigg
John Knyveton
William Loveney
John Multon
Henry Longedon
Ralph Ramesey
John Topclyff of Kent
William Ponfrait, clerk.
Note
The petition dates to 1398 when the petitioner was exiled overseas (CPR 1396-9, p. 440).
Related material

For a related petition from the same petitioner see SC 8/332/15718B

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.339 (order re petitioner and men going overseas)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.440 (appointment re taking petitioner and his men overseas)
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