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John Hampton. Hampton John King. John Hampton requests various grants from the king...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/117/5836
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This record is about the John Hampton. Hampton John King. John Hampton requests various grants from the king... dating from [1455] 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 8/117/5836
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1455]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Hampton.
- Name(s)
- Hampton, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- John Hampton requests various grants from the king on account of him losing a grant from Bourgchier and the Countess of Stafford, and asks that they be exempted from the Act of Resumption passed during the present parliament. A draft text of such an exemption is included, reciting grants of the £9 per year owed by Hugh Tyrell for the keeping of lands in Staffordshire, a grant of 50 marks per year from the farms of the mill of Pendelston, the towns of Bridgnorth and Worcester and the manor of Rowley Regis. He also requests the office of Constable of Colchester castle
- Nature of endorsement
- On account of his long service to the king and his father, the king grants to John Hampton 40 marks per year and the office of Constable of Colchester castle, with all the associated rewards, and all the rest to be resumed.Provisions made in Parliament 33 Henry VI (1455).
- Places mentioned
- Whiteneust (Wheatenhurst), Gloucestershire
- Kinver, Staffordshire
- Stourton, Staffordshire
- Colchester, Essex
- Pendlestone, [Shropshire]
- Bruges (Bridgnorth), Shropshire
- Worcester, [Worcestershire]
- Rowley Regis, [Staffordshire].
- People mentioned
- William Burgchier (Bourgchier), [Count of Eu]
- Anne [Bourgchier], Countess of Stafford
- [Henry V], King of England
- Hugh Tyrell, brother and heir of John Tyrell
- John Tyrell.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The resultant exemption is included in the Act of Resumption of the 1455 parliament.
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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 4405
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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. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.319b (full edition of exemption clause in the Act of Resumption)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150514/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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