Identity area
Reference code
SJLM/4/2/1
Unique identifier
GB 1859 SJLM/4/2/1
Title
Confirmation: Edward IV
Date(s)
- 1466 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1 item, parchment
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
(1469-1535)
Archival history
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Scope and content
Letters patent of Edward IV, confirming at the request of Alianor [Eleanor], Duchess of Somerset, the inquisition held by John Knottesford, Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex, at Southwark 12 September 1455. The inquisition found that Edmund, Duke of Somerset, had no goods or chattels in Surrey at his death, but that John, Duke of Somerset, was seized of the manors of Wokkyng and Sutton and had granted them to Edmund and Alianor, his wife, and to Henry, Duke of Somerset, son and heir of Edmund, for life.
Westminster, 23 April 1466.
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Language of material
- Latin
Script of material
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Publication note
See the Complete English Peerage, p. 53
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Former Ref.
D56.199
Access points
Subject access points
Name access points
- Beauchamp, Eleanor, Duchess of Somerset (Subject)
- Edward IV of England (Subject)
- Beaufort, Henry, Duke of Somerset (Subject)
- Beaufort, Edmund, Duke of Somerset (Subject)
- Beaufort, John, Duke of Somerset (Subject)