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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John, Bastard of Clarence, knight. Clarence John Commons in parliament. John, Bastard...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/96/4753
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/96/4753
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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
- John, Bastard of Clarence, knight.
- Name(s)
- Clarence, John
- Addressees
- Commons in parliament.
- Nature of request
- John, Bastard of Clarence, complains of his poverty, and asks the commons to ask the King, on the advice of the lords spiritual and temporal, to send him to serve the King in France or anywhere else that pleases him, or to make other provision for his sustenance.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Let it be delivered to the King.[None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- France
- Ireland.
- People mentioned
- [Henry V], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1429-36 p.122 is dated 3 July 1431, and may well be a response to this petition.
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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 960
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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)
- English
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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, Hen VI, vol. II, 1429-1436, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.122 (grant to petitioner of the office of Constable of Dublin castle during pleasure)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149317/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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