Catalogue description Petitioners: Joan of Navarre, Queen of England. Name(s): Navarre, Queen of...

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Details of SC 8/231/11526
Reference: SC 8/231/11526
Description:
Petitioners: Joan of Navarre, Queen of England.
Name(s): Navarre, Queen of England, Joan
Addressees: King.
Nature of request: The queen requests the grant of the keeping of the lands that were late of Thomas, lord Despenser, and which Constance his widow had of the king's grant in England and in the marches of Wales, holding the same during the minority of the son and heir.
Nature of endorsement: [None].
Places mentioned: Caversham, [Oxfordshire]; Burford, Oxfordshire; Shipton on Cherwell, Oxfordshire; Sodbury, Gloucestershire; Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire; Corsland (Corse Lawn) chase, Gloucestershire; Marlow, Buckinghamshire; Perlethorpe, Nottinghamshire; Chettenham Holt (Chittlehamholt), Devon; Chittlehampton, Devon; Langtree, [Devon]; Wynkeley (Winkleigh), Devon; Llantrissant, [Glamorgan], Wales; Miskin, [Glamorgan], Wales; Glynrhondda, [Glamorgan], Wales; Clun, [Glamorgan], Wales; Combreheynok (Cwmbrycheiniog), [Glamorgan], Wales; Pentergeth (Pentyrch), [Glamorgan], Wales; Radome (Radyr), [Glamorgan], Wales; Kenfig, [Glamorgan], Wales; Tyrerl (Tir Iarll), [Glamorgan], Wales; Boverton, [Glamorgan], Wales; Griffithsmoor, [Glamorgan], Wales.
People mentioned: Thomas [Despenser], lord Despenser; Constance [Despenser], widow of Thomas Despenser; Richard [Despenser], son and heir of Thomas Despenser.
Note: The petition dates to 1405 as the queen was granted the custody on 6 April 1405 (CPR 1405-8, p.4).
Date: [1405]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: Chancery Files 498.
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Publication note:

Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.382 (calendar of petition)

Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. III, 1405-1408, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.4 (grant of the custody)

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