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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Carpenter, executor of the will of Richard Whittington. Carpenter John King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/25/1235
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This record is about the John Carpenter, executor of the will of Richard Whittington. Carpenter John King... dating from [1431] 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 8/25/1235
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1431]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Carpenter, executor of the will of Richard Whittington.
- Name(s)
- Carpenter, John
- Addressees
- King and lords spiritual and temporal in parliament.
- Nature of request
- Carpenter states that by the will of Pulteney, he bequeathed to the master and priests of the chapel of Corpus Christi beside the church of St Laurence, Candlewick street all the lands and tenements that he had in the city and the suburbs of London on condition that they deliver 4 marks at certain terms annually to the prisoners in Newgate prison. The prison was demolished because of its small size and its contagions and rebuilt by the will of Whittington, but Pulteney's will did not specify who should distrain for the rent, and the rent is denied and remains unpaid to the grievous hurt of the prisoners. Carpenter requests that parliament ordain that the rent should be paid, and that the mayor and chamberlain of London have full power to distrain in the master's lands.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be as it is desired by the petition.
- Places mentioned
- Newgate, [London]
- London.
- People mentioned
- Richard Whityngton (Whittington)
- John Pulteney, knight, mayor of London.
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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 2030
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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 VI, vol. I, 1422-1429 , (Public Record Office, 1901), p.98 (licence for the executors of Whittington to rebuild the gaol of Newgate)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. II, 1429-1436, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.110 (writ ordering that the rent should be paid and the mayor have rights of distraint)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.370b-371a (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061409/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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