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Bartholomew Verdon (Verdun), knight, James White, Christopher White and Stephen Gernon,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/29/1415
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This record is about the Bartholomew Verdon (Verdun), knight, James White, Christopher White and Stephen Gernon,... dating from [1404] 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 8/29/1415
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1404]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Bartholomew Verdon (Verdun), knight, James White, Christopher White and Stephen Gernon, of Ireland
- Name(s)
- Verdon (Verdun); White; White; Gernon, Bartholomew; James; Christopher; Stephen
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The petitioners, who have been pardoned for various forfeitures, homicides, acts of arson and other felonies, request that the gifts of their former lands and possessions, made to various people by Thomas, Lieutenant of Ireland, might be annulled, and the petitioners restored to their possessions, and able to enter them without suing any further process. and that they should be able to plead, and inherit, and their heirs able to inherit, as if no judgments or outlawries had been pronounced against them.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king, of his special grace, with the advice and assent of the lords and at the special prayer of the commons in full parliament, has granted this petition in its entirety, according to its contents.
- Places mentioned
- Ireland
- People mentioned
- Thomas [of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence], Lieutenant of Ireland
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is enrolled on the roll of the parliament held at Coventry in October 6 Henry IV (1404) (Rot. Parl. vol.III, p.552a-b). The petition edited in Rot. Parl. vol.111 p.484b has the same response, and may be another version of this petition. Its exemplification, made at the request of the petitioners, (CPR 1401-5 p. 481) is dated at Westminster, 20 January 1405.The petition enrolled on the roll of the parliament held at Westminster in January 5 Henry IV (1404) (Rot. Parl. vol.III p.537a-b) is identical, and receives a similar, but much fuller response. Its exemplification, made at the request of Bartholomew Verdon, (CPR 1401-5 p. 388) is dated at Westminster, 26 April 1404.The pardon to Bartholomew Verdon for the death of John Dowdale, late sheriff of County Louth, and other matters (CPR 1401-5 p. 240) and the pardons to James White and Stephen Gernon (CPR 1401-5 p. 242) are dated at Westminster, 4 July 1403.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition by Bartholomew Verdon is SC 8/29/1416
A petition by James White, Christopher White and Stephen Gernon is SC 8/113/5618
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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 8227
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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)
- French
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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 IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.240 (pardon to Bartholomew Verdon) & p.242 (pardons to James White and Stephen Gernon) & p.388 (exemplification of an earlier petition) & p.481 (exemplification of this petition)
- Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.10 (brief calendar)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.552a-b (transcription of petition on parliament roll: text unmodified) & p.484b (no.6) (full edition of near-duplicate petition with identical endorsement); p.537a-b (transcription of duplicate petition on parliament roll, with fuller endorsement)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061601/
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