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JACQUETTA DE LEUXENBOURG, DUCHESS OF BEDFORD
124 Writ de dote assignanda. ‡ 28 November 1437. [Wymbyssh]. Addressed to the escheator in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. We granted by our special grace and with our council’s assent on 6 February 1436 that our most beloved kin, Jacquetta de Leuxenbourg, duchess of Bedford , who was wife of John, late duke of Bedford , our uncle, who held of us in chief, might sue for and have dower, with all issues from Candlemas then last, from the castles, lordships, vills, manors, lands, tenements, fees, advowsons of churches, annuities, franchises, liberties, and other possessions and hereditaments in England, Jersey, Guernsey, and Calais, of which the duke was seised in demesne in fee simple or fee tail and which are seized, or to be seized, by writ diem clausit extremum or any other royal command [CPR 1429–36, p. 516]. Afterwards, on 23 March last, by our special grace and for a fine, we pardoned Richard Wydevyll, knight , his offence in marrying Jacquetta, and pardoned Jacquetta her offence in marrying Richard, royal licence not obtained, as contained more fully in our letters patent [CPR 1436–41, p. 53]. We now order that Richard and Jacquetta should be assigned Jacquetta’s rightful dower, with all issues from 23 March [CClR 1435–41, pp. 141–2].
BEDFORDSHIRE. Assignment of dower. Bedford. 2 November 1437. [Hanham].
Assignment of dower made to Richard Wydevyll, knight , and Jacquetta de Leuxenbourg, duchess of Bedford , wife of Richard who was formerly wife of John, late duke of Bedford . Assigned: £20 from the issues, profits, farms, benefits, and easements of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, taken yearly at Michaelmas and Easter equally by the sheriff’s hand, together with all issues from 23 March last. From £60 granted to the late duke and the heirs male of his body by ‪ Henry V, by letters patent.
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125 [Writ: see 124.]
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Assignment of dower. Salden. 1 December 1437. [Hanham].
Assignment as 124, except the letters patent are recorded as issued by ‪ Henry VI .
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The assignment of dower probably took place on 2 December, rather than 2 November, despite the fact that John Hanham relinquished the office of escheator on 23 November 1437 when William Whaplode took up the post. Note that Hanham is also recorded as assigning dower in Buckinghamshire on 1 December 1437. CIPM XXIV, no. 525, and the assignment of 125 record that the letters patent were of ‪ Henry VI , not ‪ Henry V. See previous note.