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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard Stanhop (Stanhope), knight. Stanhop (Stanhope) Richard Commons of parliament....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/23/1140
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/23/1140
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1414]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Stanhop (Stanhope), knight.
- Name(s)
- Stanhop (Stanhope), Richard
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament.
- Nature of request
- Richard Stanhop complains that at the last parliament at Leicester he was arrested and held in custody as a result of accusations made against him by Margaret Basset, but that various inquests held because of these and other things later found no evidence for them. He asks the commons to ask the king to ordain a due remedy for him for what he has suffered as a result of these false accusations.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Soit prie au Roy (A request is to be made to the king).Leg'r coram dominis (It is read or it is to be read before the lords).[On dorse] What was found by the inquests on Richard Stanhop's behalf is to be shown, and then the king will do justice.
- Places mentioned
- Leicester, [Leicestershire].
- People mentioned
- Margaret Basset.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The mention of the last parliament at Leicester means that this petition must be from the parliament of November 1414 (2 Henry V).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A petition complaining about Richard Stanhope is SC 8/23/1128
For another petition by Stanhope, see SC 8/24/1177B
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 7672
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.55b-56a (no.3) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061307/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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