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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Hugh Bennayth Bennayth Hugh Commons of this present parliament. [Bennayth] requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/93/4632
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This record is about the Hugh Bennayth Bennayth Hugh Commons of this present parliament. [Bennayth] requests... dating from [? 1437] 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 8/93/4632
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1437]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Hugh Bennayth
- Name(s)
- Bennayth, Hugh
- Addressees
- Commons of this present parliament.
- Nature of request
- [Bennayth] requests that the commons request that the king grant him letters patent in accordance with a schedule attached to this petition, he has been continually in the king and duke of Gloucester's service since he was 12.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Wales
- Carmarthen, [Carmarthenshire, Wales]
- Kidwelly, [Carmarthenshire, Wales]
- Pembroke, [Pembrokeshire, Wales].
- People mentioned
- Humphrey of Lancaster, Duke of Gloucester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated speculatively to 1437 on the basis of the guard note assessment of the date, though there is no clear explanation of this dating.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.45A of PRO 31/7/118
For the draft letters patent granting denizenship formerly appended to this petition, see SC 8/93/4633
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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 735
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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 Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.145 (full calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149183/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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