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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons in Parliament. King. The petitioners ask that Robert de Markele should receive...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/102/5069
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This record is about the Commons in Parliament. King. The petitioners ask that Robert de Markele should receive... dating from [c. 1402] 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 8/102/5069
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1402]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons in Parliament.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners ask that Robert de Markele should receive certain wages and special fees granted by letters patent of King Richard, for his services to the petitioners, notwithstanding statutes made to the contrary. They state that ... by letters patent granted ... first usher to Robert Markele one of the king's sergeants at arms, 12d each day and £10 per year ... from the city of London by the hands of the sheriffs of the same city for the times, set at Easter and Michaelmas ... and also taking a robe of the suit of the king's other sergeants at arms each year for the term of his life in the great wardrobe of the [king] ... just as in the letters patent fully contained etc.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king of his special grace in full parliament at the request and prayer of the commons consents to this petition according to what is contained therein.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Robert de Markele, sergeant-at-arms
- Richard II, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Notes on the guard suggest that this petition may date from 1402.
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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 2017
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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/C9149638/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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