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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Dinham (Dynham), esquire, late of Nutwell in Devon. Dinham (Dynham) John King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/105/5242
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This record is about the John Dinham (Dynham), esquire, late of Nutwell in Devon. Dinham (Dynham) John King... dating from [1460] 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 8/105/5242
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1460]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Dinham (Dynham), esquire, late of Nutwell in Devon.
- Name(s)
- Dinham (Dynham), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Places mentioned
- Nutwell, [Devon]
- Woodbury, [Devon].
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks voidance of judgements against him made by the king's justices in Kent, by letters under the privy seal sent to the said justices, and recovery of lands and tenements forfeited by reason of the said judgement. He states that he has served the king dutifully and without any blemish for his lifetime, yet now by the malicious labour of certain ill-disposed and covetous persons has been indicted for various treasons, felonies, trespasses and other things specified in the articles of indictment.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Deliver to the lords.[On dorse] Let it be made as desired.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the reference to him as 'esquire' the petitioner would seem to be John Dynham (d. 1501), later Lord Dynham, and this petition would seem to date from the Yorkist parliament of 1460. Possible related commissions are CPR 1452-61 p.604 (4 March 1460), p.611 (15 March 1460), p.613 and p. 624 (both 22 June 1460).
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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 2666
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. III, 1436-1441, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.314 (commission of oyer and terminer which may arise from this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149812/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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