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John Darcy, esquire Darcy John King John Darcy, esquire, of Essex, states that he...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/30/1455

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Reference
SC 8/30/1455
Date
[1475]
Description
Petitioners
John Darcy, esquire
Name(s)
Darcy, John
Addressees
King
Nature of request
John Darcy, esquire, of Essex, states that he was indicted, outlawed and attainted of certain insurrections, rebellions, treasons, felonies, murders and other offences, and has lost his inheritance and possessions for this, but that he has been pardoned, and has also sued to Richard, Duke of Gloucester, to whom his possessions were granted, who is prepared to return them, if the king agrees. Therefore he asks the king to ordain, by authority of parliament, that this indictment and outlawry might be annulled, and John and his heirs able to have, enjoy and inherit all the lands, tenements, rents, services, and other possessions, which would have been theirs if it had never been, and to sue all manner of actions, and to enter his possessions, immediately after the Annunciation 1475, without making further suit for them, and that all gifts and grants made by the king's letters patent of his possessions be annulled - but that no-one should be chargeable to John or his heirs for any issues or profits taken from them before the Annunciation 1475
Nature of endorsement
[On face] The commons have assented to this bill.[On dorse] Let it be done as is desired.
Places mentioned
Essex
People mentioned
Richard [Plantagenet], Duke of Gloucester
Note
This petition is enrolled on the roll of the parliament summoned at Westminster in October 1472 (12 Edward IV) and prorogued a number of times until January 1475 (Rot. Parl. vol. VI, pp.131a-132a).Rot. Parl. vol. VI, p.131a states that it was presented on 23 January, 14 Edward IV (1475).
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A similar petition for John Manyngham is SC 8/30/1452B

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2673
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. VI, Edw IV, Ric III and Hen VII, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.131a-132a (transcription of petition on parliament roll: text unmodified)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061645/

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