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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Soldiers of Calais. Speaker of the Commons and the knights of the shires. The soldiers...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/24/1168
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This record is about the Soldiers of Calais. Speaker of the Commons and the knights of the shires. The soldiers... dating from [? 1421] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/24/1168
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1421]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Soldiers of Calais.
- Addressees
- Speaker of the Commons and the knights of the shires.
- Nature of request
- The soldiers of Calais complain that a large sum of money is due to them for unpaid wages. They ask that they might have, in part payment of this, the sum received from the last assignment made by the king, and that a suitable ordinance be made for the payment of the remainder.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Soit baille as seignurs (It is to be delivered to the lords).[On dorse: none].
- Places mentioned
- Calais, [France].
- People mentioned
- [Richard Beauchamp], Earl of Warwick.
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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 1888
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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)
- English
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen V, vol. II, 1416-1422, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.401 (grant to Treasurer and Victualler of Calais of certain moneys to pay soldiers)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.159b (no.5) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061337/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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