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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Joan Pelham wife of John Pelham, knight, the younger. Pelham Joan King. Pelham requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/25/1216
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This record is about the Joan Pelham wife of John Pelham, knight, the younger. Pelham Joan King. Pelham requests... dating from [1426] 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 8/25/1216
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1426]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Joan Pelham wife of John Pelham, knight, the younger.
- Name(s)
- Pelham, Joan
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Pelham requests that although she is not a native of England, and was born in Normandy, she be granted that she and her heirs be denizens and be treated in all things as true and loyal lieges. She states that Normandy is in the obedience of the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let letters patent of the king be made under the great seal according to the contents of the petition for a reasonable fine made in Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- Normandy, [France].
- People mentioned
- John Pelham, knight, the younger.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by the heading in Rot. Parl. IV, p.309 where it is noted that the petition comes from 4 Hen. VI dating this to 1 Sept. 1425-31 Aug. 1426. As this is a parliamentary petition it must therefore come from the Leicester parliament of February 1426.
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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 6700
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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.314b-315a (no.14) (full transcription of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061387/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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