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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Gabriel Corbet of Southampton, mariner Corbet Gabriel Commons in parliament. Southampton,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/25/1250
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This record is about the Gabriel Corbet of Southampton, mariner Corbet Gabriel Commons in parliament. Southampton,... dating from [? 1430-? 1431] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/25/1250
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1430-? 1431]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Gabriel Corbet of Southampton, mariner
- Name(s)
- Corbet, Gabriel
- Addressees
- Commons in parliament.
- Places mentioned
- Southampton, [Hampshire]
- Venice, [Italy].
- Nature of request
- Corbet states that he was born in Venice. He requests that he be granted that he be denizen and he and his heirs be treated in all things as true lieges. He will pay the customs and other things coming due to the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The date of this petition is not entirely clear, as it is nearly identical to SC 8/25/1249, though missing one major clause referring to Corbet's service. The petition was not endorsed. Is this an earlier petition submitted to a previous parliament, or a contemporary, but alternative draft?
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a duplicate of this petition with an additional clause concerning Corbet's royal service, and with an endorsed response see SC 8/25/1249
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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 1882
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. II, 1429-1436, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.117 (grant of letters of denization to Corbet)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.386b (no.7) (transcription of a near duplicate original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061424/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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