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2 items extracted from SP 29/142B (folio174). Petition of Nicholas Nicholls for the...
Catalogue reference: EXT 9/58
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This record is about the 2 items extracted from SP 29/142B (folio174). Petition of Nicholas Nicholls for the... dating from [1664-1665] in the series Public Record Office: Items extracted to flat storage from various classes of records.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1664-1665]
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Description (What the record is about)
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2 items extracted from SP 29/142B (folio174). Petition of Nicholas Nicholls for the position of type-founder to the King. He has attained great skill in cutting and casting all kinds of letters and has suffered much for his loyalty, with a sheet of samples of type in several languages including Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic and Russian.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Miscellaneous
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Archives and libraries
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11111026/
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