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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Alexander Anne. Anne Alexander King and lords of parliament. Alexander Anne, suing...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/88/4397
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This record is about the Alexander Anne. Anne Alexander King and lords of parliament. Alexander Anne, suing... dating from [1431] 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 8/88/4397
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1431]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alexander Anne.
- Name(s)
- Anne, Alexander
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- Alexander Anne, suing for the community of the city of London, states that the lords of the council decided to punish one John Neweman for falsely impeaching people of high treason from the safety of the sanctuary at Westminster, by placing him in the pillory for three days, and then imprisoning him at the King's pleasure: but that this punishment was put in respite for various reasons, and John imprisoned in the Fleet prison. Alexander now requests a writ to the Sheriff of London to put this decision into execution, or to ordain some other punishment; and also a writ to the warden of the Fleet prison to deliver John to the sheriffs.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] By the Duke of Bedford, 9 March.[None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- London
- Westminster
- Fleet prison, [London].
- People mentioned
- John Neweman (Newman)
- [John of Lancaster], Duke of Bedford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Date derivation - no date given but Alexander Anne sat in only two parliaments in the duke of Bedford's lifetime, and of these only that of 1431 was in session in March.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.30 of PRO 31/7/115
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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 122
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148939/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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