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John Butte. Butte John Commons of this present parliament. Butte requests that he...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/93/4630

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Reference
SC 8/93/4630
Date
[1437]
Description
Petitioners
John Butte.
Name(s)
Butte, John
Addressees
Commons of this present parliament.
Nature of request
Butte requests that he and his heirs be granted denizenship as he was born in Carmarthen but has resided for many years at Bridport and wishes to reside there for his natural life.
Nature of endorsement
[On face]1) By the Chancellor, 8 February.2) Let this bill be sent to the lords.[On dorse]The petition has been referred to the Lords, and the archbishop of York and others have come together on 17 June 1437 at Westminster and heard the petition and have determined that it should be granted as the petitioner requested on condition that he did liege homage, and contributed to scot and lot like the other lieges of the king.
Places mentioned
Carmarthen, [Carmarthenshire, Wales]
Bridport, [Dorset]
Westminster.
People mentioned
John [Kempe], Archbishop of York
John [Stafford], Bishop of Bath and Wells and Chancellor
William [Alnwick], Bishop of Lincoln
Ralph Cromwell, Treasurer
William [de la Pole], Earl of Suffolk
Walter Hungerford
Master William Lydwode, Keeper of the Privy Seal.
Note
The petition dates to 1437 and is a petition presented to the parliament held at Westminster from 21 January of that year. This is all evident from internal evidence. The petition was minuted by the chancellor on the 8 February, and the response records that the petition was considered and answered by the council on 17 June 1437 (15 Hen. VI). The grant of denizenship was made on 16 June 1437 (CPR 1436-41, p.62).
Related material

For transcript, see no.39 of PRO 31/7/116

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 733
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.144-5 (full calendar of petition)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. III, 1436-1441, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.62 (grant of denizenship to the petitioner)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149181/

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