Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we're still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

Item

Hamo Bealknap (Belknap). Bealknap (Belknap) Hamo Commons in parliament. Hamo Bealknap...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/23/1136

What’s it about?

This record is about the Hamo Bealknap (Belknap). Bealknap (Belknap) Hamo Commons in parliament. Hamo Bealknap... dating from 1414 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

Is it available online?

Yes, this record is available online and can be downloaded. How to view it.

Can I see it in person?

No, this record is not available to see in person at The National Archives. Other ways to view it.

Full description and record details

Reference
SC 8/23/1136
Date
1414
Description
Petitioners
Hamo Bealknap (Belknap).
Name(s)
Bealknap (Belknap), Hamo
Addressees
Commons in parliament.
Nature of request
Hamo Bealknap states that in the parliament held at Westminster in the eleventh year of Richard II, Robert Bealknap, his father, John Holte and William de Burgh were exiled, and their goods forfeited, and that in the parliament held at Westminster, in the second year of Henry IV, John and William, were re-enabled at common law, and judged able to claim by inheritance from their ancestors, and restored to their lands and tenements then in the king's possession, in demesne or in reversion. He asks the commons to request the king for a similar judgment in the case of his father.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] Soit prie a Roi (A request is to be made to the king).[On dorse] The response to this petition is on the roll of the parliament held at Westminster on the Monday after the octave of Martinmas in the second year of the reign of King Henry, the fifth since the conquest.
Places mentioned
Westminster.
People mentioned
Richard [II], King of England
Robert Bealknap, knight, father of the petitioner
John Holte (Holt)
William de Burgh
Henry [IV], King of England.
Note
As it says on the dorse, this petition is enrolled on the roll of the November parliament of 1414 (2 Henry V) (Rot. Parl. vol. IV pp. 38b-39a)
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/25/1206

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1044
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.38b-39a (transcription of petition on parliament roll: text unmodified, with response)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061303/

How to order it

  1. View this record page in our current catalogue
  2. Check viewing and downloading options
  3. Select an option and follow instructions
View this record page

Series information

SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

74,884 records

Within the department: SC

Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly...

18,283 records

Within the series: SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

53 records

Within the piece: SC 8/23

1101-1150. Individual petitions are described , dated, and are available at item...

You are currently looking at the item: SC 8/23/1136

Hamo Bealknap (Belknap). Bealknap (Belknap) Hamo Commons in parliament. Hamo Bealknap...

Related records

Records that share similar topics with this record.