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Joan Asteley (Astley), nurse of the king, widow of Thomas Astleley, esquire. Asteley...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/28/1383
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This record is about the Joan Asteley (Astley), nurse of the king, widow of Thomas Astleley, esquire. Asteley... 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 8/28/1383
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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
- Joan Asteley (Astley), nurse of the king, widow of Thomas Astleley, esquire.
- Name(s)
- Asteley (Astley), Joan
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- nurse of the king
- Nature of request
- 1) Asteley states that she has received several grants on the surrender of earlier letters patent, and receives 50 marks from the sheriffs of Warwickshire and Leicestershire from the revenues of those counties. She requests provision be made for her 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 grant made to Asteley.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king by the advice of the lords spiritual and temporal for the considerations contained in the bill, and also because she is so stricken with age agrees that she have 40 marks, and the remaining 10 marks be resumed.
- Places mentioned
- Warwickshire
- Leicestershire
- Queenhithe, London
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Thomas Asteley (Astley), esquire, late husband of the petitioner.
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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 144
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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. I, 1422-1429 , (Public Record Office, 1901), p.178 (grant to Asteley of £40 on surrender of an earlier grant for £20)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. III, 1436-1441, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.127 (grant to Asteley of £40 from the revenues of Warwickshire and Leicestershire)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. V, 1446-1452, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.550 (grant of 50 marks from Warwickshire and Leicestershire as earlier grants had been resumed)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.316b (variation of the draft proviso in the act of resumption amended in accordance with the endorsement to the petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061568/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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