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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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Roger Hunte. Hunte Roger Commons. Hunte requests pardon of £160 outstanding...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/116/5779
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This record is about the Roger Hunte. Hunte Roger Commons. Hunte requests pardon of £160 outstanding... dating from [c. 1435-c. 1436] 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 8/116/5779
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1435-c. 1436]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Roger Hunte.
- Name(s)
- Hunte, Roger
- Addressees
- Commons.
- Nature of request
- Hunte requests pardon of £160 outstanding upon his account as sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. He states that he served as Speaker in the Parliament held in the twelfth year (), and was appointed as sheriff against his will, but served two years after being promised that he would not suffer financial loss.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] This bill to the Lords.For the Chancellor, 2 March.
- Places mentioned
- Westminster
- Cambridgeshire
- Huntingdonshire.
- People mentioned
- [John Stafford], Chancellor of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Hunte served as sheriff between 5 November 1433 and 7 November 1435, and presumably the petition dates from soon after his term of office. He was speaker in the 1433 Parliament (and also in 1420).
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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 4231
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150454/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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