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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of Guisborough. King. The prior and convent request that their...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/113/5645A
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Guisborough. King. The prior and convent request that their... dating from [1405] 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 8/113/5645A
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1405]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Guisborough.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request that their tenants be pardoned their rebellions for which many are indicted, and that they be pardoned their forfeitures of their goods and chattels.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:] The king ... [illegible].[On dorse: none.]
- Places mentioned
- Guisborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- Cleveland, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- Northallerton, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- John Fauconberge (Faucomberg), knight.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1405 as it was clearly made in the aftermath of the Scrope rebellion, and Faucomberg's head was sent to be places on the pillory of Guisborough on 22 July 1405 (CPR 1405-8, p.69).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the list of names formerly attached to this petition see SC 8/113/5645B
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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 3781
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. III, 1405-1408, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.69 (order to the bailiffs of the town of Guisborough to put Faucomberg's head on their pillory for as long as it can last)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150317/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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