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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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Reference
SC 8/25/1250
Date
[? 1430-? 1431]
Description
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].
Note
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?
Related material

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

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1882
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • 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)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061424/

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