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John Doule. Doule John King of England, heir and regent of France. [Petition in four...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/346/E1415
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This record is about the John Doule. Doule John King of England, heir and regent of France. [Petition in four... dating from [1420-1422] 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 8/346/E1415
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1420-1422]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Doule.
- Name(s)
- Doule, John
- Addressees
- King of England, heir and regent of France.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in four parts].1) Doule requests that he be received to the king's homage and take an oath of service because of the lands which follow and are situated in Normandy, and that they be given to the petitioner free of the charges named hereafter, and he be given all mobile goods and debts that should descend to him in the same country.2) Land belonging to his father in Heudebouville and around from which the king has given a rent to the bastard of Crotoy.3) The land that has descended to him from his mother in the same place.4) Lands of Neufville, [...] which belonged to Lady Margaret Bejaunt, and after to the petitioner, and now Chaumbre is holding them of the king's gift of a certain amount of rent though they are worth more.5) He further complains that Chaumbre is ruining the lands and rents in various ways.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Normandy, [France]
- Heudebouville, [Normandy, France]
- Neufville (Neuville) [unidentified], [Normandy, France]
- Hasteville [unidenfied], [Normandy, France]
- Neufcastel de Lincourt [unidentified], [Normandy, France].
- People mentioned
- Bastard of Crotoy
- Lady Marguerite (Margaret) Bejaunt
- Guillelm Chaumbre, soldier of Neufcastel de Lincourt.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1420-1422 because it is addressed to the king of England and the regent of France, and is, therefore addressed to Henry V in that short period between his assumption of the title of heir and regent of France on 21 May 1420 and his death on 31 August-1 September 1422.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736839/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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