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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Roger Chamberlain, knight, Chamberlain of the Duke of Gloucester Chamberlain Roger...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/29/1408
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This record is about the Roger Chamberlain, knight, Chamberlain of the Duke of Gloucester Chamberlain Roger... dating from [1453] 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 8/29/1408
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1453]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Roger Chamberlain, knight, Chamberlain of the Duke of Gloucester
- Name(s)
- Chamberlain, Roger
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament
- Occupation
- Chamberlain of the Duke of Gloucester
- Nature of request
- Roger Chamberlain, knight, later of Greenwich in Kent, servant and Chamberlain of the Duke of Gloucester, states that he was indicted of great treasons, and was found guilty on the oaths of people who took them under threats and duress, and through this has lost his good name, as well as his lands and possessions. He asks the commons to ask the king to repeal and annul the record of the indictment, and the judgment given on it, by authority of the present parliament, and to restore him to his lands and possessions, and to his good name, and that the blood between him, his heirs, and his ancestors, might not be corrupted by this, but that they might be able to inherit, and sue and plead in the King's courts, as if the judgement had not taken place. Various provisos are included.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be sent to the Lords (on face).It is to be done as is desired (on dorse).
- Places mentioned
- Greenwich, Kent
- People mentioned
- [Humphrey of Lancaster], Duke of Gloucester
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- AS Rot. Parl. vol. V, p.449a-b (no. 36) makes clear, this petition was presented at the parliament held at Reading in March, 31 Henry VI (1453). It and CPR 1452-61 p.154 are dated at Westminster, 15 May 1454.
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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 2250
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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), p.154 (exemplification of petition and response, at the petitioner's request)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.449a-b (no.36) (edition of exemplification of petition on Patent Roll)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. VI, Edw IV, Ric III and Hen VII, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.62b-63b (no.2) (full edition of petition, misdated to 1472)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061594/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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