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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Kent Kent John Lords of the council The petitioner seeks confirmation of letters...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/56/2751
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This record is about the John Kent Kent John Lords of the council The petitioner seeks confirmation of letters... dating from [1378] 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 8/56/2751
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Kent
- Name(s)
- Kent, John
- Addressees
- Lords of the council
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks confirmation of letters patent granting him custody of all the lands and tenements that belonged to John Frouvale until the full age of the heir (in compensation for 100s per year to the exchequer) and a writ from the chancellor to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer confirming custody together with all the issues from the date of the letters patent.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let him have such a writ in due form as requested.
- People mentioned
- Edward III, King of England, grandfather of the king
- John Frouvale
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Firmly datable by reference to CPR 1377-81, p.212.
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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 4695
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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 Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.212 (resulting confirmation)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062969/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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