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Robert Dauson, yeoman of the Crown. Dauson Robert King. yeoman of the Crown 1) The...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/105/5240

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This record is about the Robert Dauson, yeoman of the Crown. Dauson Robert King. yeoman of the Crown 1) The... dating from [1455] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/105/5240
Date
[1455]
Description
Petitioners
Robert Dauson, yeoman of the Crown.
Name(s)
Dauson, Robert
Addressees
King.
Occupation
yeoman of the Crown
Nature of request
1) The petitioner states that in consideration of his service to the king's father in his wars in France and Normandy (in which he was grievously hurt and maimed) and for his service to the king in the same parts as in England for 46 years and more, and in compensation the king granted him 6d each day for his lifetime. On this consideration and by the assent of the present parliament, he asks that in the Act of Resumption made in this parliament provision be made for him.2) That this act extend not nor be prejudicial to the petitioner of a grant of 3d each day for part of the said 6d for his lifetime from the issues of the county of Devon, but that the king's letters patent made thereupon remain in force notwithstanding the tenor of the said Act of Resumption.
Nature of endorsement
The king agrees that the petitioner has 3d each day part of the said 6d.
Places mentioned
France
Normandy, [France]
Devon.
People mentioned
Henry V, King of England.
Note
Firmly datable by reference to Rot. Parl., vol. V, p.317.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2664
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.317 (resulting exemption of petitioner from Act of Resumption)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), parliament of 1455, item 47 (at n. 112) (resulting exemption of petitioner from Act of Resumption)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149810/

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