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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Henry Percy, knight, first born son of Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland Percy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/28/1400
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This record is about the Henry Percy, knight, first born son of Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland Percy... dating from [? 1470] 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 8/28/1400
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1470]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Henry Percy, knight, first born son of Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
- Name(s)
- Percy, Henry
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The petitioner states that his late father was attainted of high treason, and by an act of parliament held at Westminster on 4 November in the first year of the reign of Edward IV he forfeited his estates. Percy requests that the acts of attainder and forfeiture made against his father be void, and that Percy should not be prejudiced by the act and be restored to his dignity, estate and pre-eminence. He requests that he be able to be possessed and able to enjoy the same from the 2 March in the 9th year of the reign.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] The commons are assented to this bill.[On dorse] Let it be as it is desired.
- Places mentioned
- Ireland
- Wales
- Calais, Westminster
- People mentioned
- Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
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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 6829
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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. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.389a-390a (no.1) (full transcription of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061586/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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