Catalogue description Petitioners: Beatrice of Portugal, Countess of Arundel and Surrey. Name(s): ...

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Details of SC 8/304/15195
Reference: SC 8/304/15195
Description:
Petitioners: Beatrice of Portugal, Countess of Arundel and Surrey.
Name(s): Portugal, Countess of Arundel and Surrey, Beatrice
Addressees: Bishop of Durham, Chancellor.
Nature of request: Beatrice, Countess of Arundel and Surrey requests a writ directed to the customers of Southampton discharging her from the custom on 80 tuns of wine sent to her by her father, the King of Portugal, for her household, as other chancellors have granted for her.
Nature of endorsement: The council agreed that if the Countess gives her oath before the chancellor that the 80 tuns of wine are truly for her own household, that then a writ should be made in accordance with the petition.
Places mentioned: Southampton, [Hampshire]; Portugal.
People mentioned: [Thomas Langley], Bishop of Durham, Chancellor; [John I], King of Portugal, father of the petitioner.
Note: The petition, which is addressed to the bishop of Durham as chancellor, probably dates to 1417-24 but may date to 1406.
Date: [1417-1424]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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