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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Bury, sergeant-at-arms. Bury John King and Parliament. sergeant-at-arms The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/105/5220
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This record is about the John Bury, sergeant-at-arms. Bury John King and Parliament. sergeant-at-arms The... dating from [c. 1448] 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 8/105/5220
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1448]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Bury, sergeant-at-arms.
- Name(s)
- Bury, John
- Addressees
- King and Parliament.
- Occupation
- sergeant-at-arms
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks through the authority of the present parliament an order that he should be paid 12d per day as from 28 January 1448 for his lifetime after the form of certain letters patent. He states that by the king's letters patent dated 26 May 1447, and in consideration of his service in the king's household in his wars in France, where the petitioner was taken prisoner to the great loss of his goods, in recompense thereof (under the title yeomen usher of the king's hall) he was made one of the king's sergeants-at-arms immediately after the death of John Talbot, taking 12d each day for his lifetime from the farms of London and Middlesex and all manner of profits thereof and all manner of debts and sums of money by the sheriffs of London and Middlesex, levied by the sheriffs as shown in the said letters patent. Talbot died on 28 January 1448, as appears in the exchequer record of the 12d per day he was paid, which payment the petitioner has not yet received.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Let this be delivered to the lords.[On dorse] Let this be made, as it is desired.
- Places mentioned
- France
- London
- Middlesex.
- People mentioned
- John Talbot, late sergeant-at-arms.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Internal evidence dates this to c. 1448.
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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 2605
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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/C9149790/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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