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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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Margaret Cornish, the wife of Thomas Cornish of Uxbridge. Cornish Margaret Council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/101/5035
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This record is about the Margaret Cornish, the wife of Thomas Cornish of Uxbridge. Cornish Margaret Council.... dating from [1426] 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 8/101/5035
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1426]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Margaret Cornish, the wife of Thomas Cornish of Uxbridge.
- Name(s)
- Cornish, Margaret
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks the king's charter of pardon for her husband and also a writ of delivery to the keeper of the king's bench. She shows that by the malice of his enemies her husband was indicted before justices of king's bench, condemned by twelve men of felony and judgement passed upon him. Then the King, Queen, Duke of Gloucester, Archbishop of Canterbury, and other knights and esquires granted Thomas Cornish at Lambeth, life and limb, and free deliverance.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] By the duke of Norfolk, 16 March.
- Places mentioned
- Uxbridge, [Middlesex]
- Lambeth, [Surrey].
- People mentioned
- Thomas Cornish of Uxbridge, tailor
- Henry VI, King of England
- Catherine de Valois, Queen of England
- [Humphrey Plantagenet], Duke of Gloucester
- [Henry Chichele], Archbishop of Canterbury
- John de Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Notes on guard date this petition to 1426, which is compatible with internal evidence.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/25/1202
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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 1925
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149603/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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