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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas Collan, collector of the subsidy in Cornwall. Collan Thomas King collector...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/40/1954
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/40/1954
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1380]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Collan, collector of the subsidy in Cornwall.
- Name(s)
- Collan, Thomas
- Addressees
- King
- Occupation
- collector of the subsidy in Cornwall
- Nature of request
- Collan sues for the parishioners of Lanteglos and the people of the vills of Polruan and Bodinnick showing that the mariners of the Fowey were taken in war in the wages of the admirals and are still imprisoned for ransom in Spain, Normandy and France, and all their boats and goods were burnt and destroyed by the Spanish enemies. He requests that the people be discharged from the subsidy and pardoned in relief of their poor estate.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Westminster
- Lanteglos, [Cornwall]
- Polruan, [Cornwall]
- Bodinnick, [Cornwall]
- River Fowey, [Cornwall]
- Espaigne (Spain)
- Normandy [France]
- France.
- People mentioned
- [John Hastings], Earl of Pembroke, late Admiral
- Peter Courtenay, late Admiral
- Hugh Calvele (Calveley), late Admiral.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The subsidy referred to in the petition is the poll tax and graduated income tax granted in parliament on 27 May 1379. In addition the notes on the guard refer to the petition being attached to an inquisition now in C 145, which dates to 27 September 1380 (CIM 1377-89, no.126).
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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 2184
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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)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. IV, 1-12 Ric II, (Public Record Office, 1957), no.126 (writ with inquisition confirming the claims in the petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062158/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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