Record revealed
Copy of Henry VIII's diplomatic assurances to João III of Portugal
Recently rediscovered, this letter offers new archival evidence into Britain and Portugal's shared history.
Series
Chancery: Extract Rolls
Catalogue reference: C 59
What's it about?
C 59
Rolls of extracts taken from Chancery rolls to serve as convenient sources of evidence in courts of law.They relate chiefly to grants made by the Crown. It is unlikely that the first of them was made before 1242, though an extract roll for the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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C 59
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery: Extract Rolls
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Date (When the record was created)
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1242-1352
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Description (What the record is about)
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Rolls of extracts taken from Chancery rolls to serve as convenient sources of evidence in courts of law.
They relate chiefly to grants made by the Crown. It is unlikely that the first of them was made before 1242, though an extract roll for the earlier reign of King John is known to have existed. The most complete sequence in this series covers the first 25 years of Edward III's reign, and those extracts are taken from the full range of Chancery rolls: charter, patent, fine, close and Gascon rolls.
Rolls not concerned with Crown grants have a foreign bias: the Anglo-Scottish marriage treaty of 1290, truces reached with the French, measures taken against aliens, and copies of five letters from the Emperor Frederick II, 1238-1241.
Many of the documents are of the reign of Edward II, illustrating his conflict with the barons (styled Contrariants), outbreaks of which in 1316 and 1318 led to his having to 'resume' Crown grants made to his factotum Piers Gaveston and his entourage. In 1324 the king's fortunes recovered, and he granted away his opponents' forfeited possessions to his allies, particularly the Despenser family.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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French and Latin
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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47 roll(s)
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
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A number of the rolls are damaged
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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The records in this series were formerly housed in the Wakefield Tower in the Tower of London.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3619/
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