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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons in parliament King The commons state that Carpenter on 7 February 1430 suggested...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/26/1281
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/26/1281
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1433]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons in parliament
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The commons state that Carpenter on 7 February 1430 suggested to Isabel his wife, who was 16 years of age and had only been married to him for 15 days, that they go on a pilgrimage, and murdered her between Birdham and Stoughton wishing to see if she was pregnant. He was indicted before the justices, outlawed and eventually arrested and put in the prison of King's Bench. The commons request that Carpenter be judged as a traitor, and that the judges have authority to give judgement that he be drawn and hung as a traitor as a warning against such crimes in the future.
- Nature of endorsement
- No endorsement.
- Places mentioned
- Brydham (Birdham), Sussex
- Stoughton, Sussex
- People mentioned
- John Carpenter, of Birdham, husbandman
- Isabel [Carpenter], wife of John Carpenter
- John Bohun, knight, commissioner of the peace in Sussex
- Henry Husee (Husey), knight, commissioner of the peace in Sussex
- William [Sydney], commissioner of the peace in Sussex
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 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).
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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 2439
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.447b (no. i)(transcription of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061456/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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