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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mayor and community of Bristol. King. The petitioners state that some question has...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/96/4770
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This record is about the Mayor and community of Bristol. King. The petitioners state that some question has... dating from [? 1427] 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 8/96/4770
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1427]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor and community of Bristol.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that some question has arisen as to the legality of the foundation of the Hospital of Holy Trinity, Bristol, by John Barstaple, and ask that, by authority of the present parliament, it might be put on a firm legal footing, and that the Mayor and Community of Bristol might have full power to ordain for this hospital according to their discretions and according to the will of John Barstaple, that their ordinances, past and future might be considered valid, and that previous gifts and grants made to the hospital might be considered valid.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Let it be delivered to the lords.By the Chancellor, 12 November.[On dorse] It is to be done as is desired by the petition.
- Places mentioned
- Bristol
- Lawfords Gate, Bristol
- Ridgeway, [Gloucestershire]
- Barton by Bristol (Barton Regis), [Gloucestershire].
- People mentioned
- Henry [IV], King of England
- Richard II, King of England
- John Barstaple (Barnstaple)
- Isabel [Barstaple (Barnstaple)], wife of John Barstaple
- William Ryce (Rice), chaplain, Warden of the hospital of Holy Trinity, Bristol
- Thomas Norton, Mayor of Bristol
- Roger Pye, chaplain, Warden of the hospital of Holy Trinity, Bristol
- Nicholas Barstaple (Barnstaple), clerk
- William Ryce (Rice), clerk
- Mark William of Bristol
- Agnes [William], wife of Mark William
- Simon Canynges
- Margaret [Canynges], wife of Simon Canynges
- Thomas Barstaple (Barnstaple)
- William Botener
- Alice [Botener], wife of William Botener
- William Canynges
- Edward [of York], Earl of Rutland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '? 1427', with no explanation. The general appearance and written hand makes this date plausible.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a copy of letters patent of Henry IV, granting permission to John Barstaple to found this hospital, see SC 8/96/4771
For transcript, see no.24 of PRO 31/7/117
For a copy of the foundation document of this hospital, see SC 8/96/4772
For a copy of letters patent of Henry IV, granting permission to Nicholas Barstaple and William Ryce to give lands to this hospital, see SC 8/96/4773
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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 1013
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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/C9149336/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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