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Thomas Gower; Joan Gower, wife of Thomas Gower Gower; Gower Thomas; Joan Commons...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/26/1279

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Reference
SC 8/26/1279
Date
[1433]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas Gower; Joan Gower, wife of Thomas Gower
Name(s)
Gower; Gower, Thomas; Joan
Addressees
Commons in parliament
Nature of request
Thomas and Joan request that Joan who was born in Alençon and the children begotten and to be begotten by Thomas be granted that they be denizens and be treated in all things as true lieges.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be just as it is petitioned.
Places mentioned
Alonccon (Alençon), (France)
Note
The petition dates to 1433 by the heading in Rot. Parl. that make this a petition of the parliament held at Westminster on 8 July 1433 (11 Hen. VI) (Rot. Parl. IV, p.419).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3717
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.441a (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061454/

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