Catalogue description Petitioners: ? No Petitioner named Nature of Request: Because the countess of...

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Details of SC 8/174/8701
Reference: SC 8/174/8701
Description:
Petitioners: ? No Petitioner named
Nature of request: Because the countess of Arundel was granted lands, rents and farms in Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire to sustain her and her children, and these were subsequently granted to the Lady Despenser as part of her heritage, it is agreed by the king and council that she be granted money from the farm of the city of London, and from Surrey and Sussex by the hands of the sheriffs until the king ordains otherwise for her sustenance, and she should have suitable letters commanding the respective sheriffs to deliver the sums.
Nature of endorsement: [None].
Places mentioned: Fairford, Gloucestershire; Caversham, Oxfordshire; Marlow, [Berkshire]; Bulstrode, [Berkshire]; London; Surrey; Sussex.
People mentioned: Alice [Fitz Alan], countess of Arundel, widow of Edmund [Fitz Alan], earl of Arundel; [Eleanor le Despenser], Lady Despenser.
Note: The response dates to c. 1328 with the petition for which this is the separate response (SC 8/174/8700).
Date: [c. 1328]
Related material:

For letters patent formerly attached with this response, see SC 8/174/8702A

For the petition to which this is the response, see SC 8/174/8701
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: Latin
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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