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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Beaufitz, Clerk of the King's Cellars Beaufitz William King Clerk of the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/28/1377
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This record is about the William Beaufitz, Clerk of the King's Cellars Beaufitz William King Clerk of the... dating from [1455] 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 8/28/1377
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1455]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Beaufitz, Clerk of the King's Cellars
- Name(s)
- Beaufitz, William
- Addressees
- King
- Occupation
- Clerk of the King's Cellars
- Nature of request
- 1) Beaufitz states that for the repayment of great sums that he has spent for wine for the Household, the king granted to him that he should receive the customs and subsidies in various ports, and a licence to export wool, for which sums he has not received the great pert yet. He requests provision be made for him in the act of resumption in the manner and form of the draft.2) Clause for inclusion in the act of resumption, that the act is not prejudicial to the grants made to Beaufitz.
- Nature of endorsement
- The lords spiritual and temporal agree the provision as it is desired.
- Places mentioned
- Marrok (Morocco)
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by the heading in Rot. Parl. vol. V, p.278 making this from the parliament at Westminster in 33 Hen. VI (1455).
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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 993
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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. VI, 1452-1461, (Public Record Office, 1911), pp.359-60 (subsequent grant to Beaufitz of sums for wine purchased for the household)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.315b (proviso for Beaufitz in the act of resumption)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061561/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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