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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Forster, clerk. Forster John Commons of parliament. clerk Forster complains...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/110/5499
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This record is about the John Forster, clerk. Forster John Commons of parliament. clerk Forster complains... dating from 1422 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 8/110/5499
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1422
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Forster, clerk.
- Name(s)
- Forster, John
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- Forster complains that he was ousted from the prebend of Biggleswade in Lincoln Cathedral and requests restoration.
- Nature of endorsement
- Agreed in the parliament of 1 Henry VI that this should be so and that Forster should have letters patent accordingly.
- Places mentioned
- Biggleswade, [Bedfordshire]
- Lincoln, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- Philip Repingdon, Bishop of Lincoln
- Philip Morgan, Bishop of Worcester
- John Ixworth, clerk
- Humphrey [of Lancaster], Duke of Gloucester.
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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 3412
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.194a (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150164/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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