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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Holt and William de Burgh. Holt; de Burgh John; William King. Holt and Burgh...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/115/5725
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This record is about the John Holt and William de Burgh. Holt; de Burgh John; William King. Holt and Burgh... dating from [1402] 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 8/115/5725
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1402]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Holt and William de Burgh.
- Name(s)
- Holt; de Burgh, John; William
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Holt and Burgh request that they be restored to their lands. They state that they suffered forfeiture in the 1388 parliament, had been restored to them in the 1397-8 parliament, but had lost them again on the accession of Henry IV. The Westminster Parliament of 1401 again restored to them all of their lands held by the king, but these had been alienated by Richard II, and they received nothing.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king orders that Holt and Burgh be restored to all their possessions forfeited in 1388, and that they should be able to have them without other prosecution or process being made. And the council should take advice concerning the value of any possessions purchased from King Richard, and should make agreement with the purchasers, provided that John and William allow reasonable compensation, paying to the purchasers in accordance with the ordinance of the council.
- Places mentioned
- Westminster
- Shrewsbury, [Shropshire].
- People mentioned
- Richard [II], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Enrolled in the record of the parliament of 1402.
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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 4037
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.516-17 (no.13) (edition of petition and response)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150399/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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