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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Holt, esquire, and Margaret (Margery) Holt, his wife. Holt; Holt John; Margaret...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/117/5837A
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This record is about the John Holt, esquire, and Margaret (Margery) Holt, his wife. Holt; Holt John; Margaret... 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 8/117/5837A
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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 Holt, esquire, and Margaret (Margery) Holt, his wife.
- Name(s)
- Holt; Holt, John; Margaret (Margery)
- Addressees
- King, Lords and Commons.
- Nature of request
- John and Margaret Holt request confirmation of their tenure of the manor of Aston and its appurtenances, and exemption from the forthcoming Act of Resumption. The manor was enfeoffed to John of Gaunt, who held it when he died, and was re-granted by Henry IV. Following a dispute with other members of the Holt family, it is now in the possession of John and Margaret, but due to the enfeoffment is now subject to the Act of Resumption.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] The Commons assent to this bill.[on dorse] Let it be done as desired.
- Places mentioned
- Aston, Warwickshire
- Birmingham, Warwickshire
- Duddeston (Vauxhall), Warwickshire
- Bordesley, Warwickshire
- Sherneford (Sharnford), [Leicestershire].
- People mentioned
- Richard, late parson of Sharnford
- William Smyth (Smith), priest
- Walter Holt
- John [of Gaunt], Duke of Lancaster
- Henry IV, King of England
- William Holt, esquire, son of Margaret Holt
- Aymer Holt, esquire, son of John holt, grandson and heir of Walter Holt
- John Holt, son of Walter Holt.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The schedule formerly attached to this petition (SC 8/117/5837B) contains the text included in the 1455 Act of Resumption, and refers explicitly to the previous Parliament, held at Reading and Westminster in 1453.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the schedule once attached to this petition see SC 8/117/5837B
For a related petition see SC 8/85/4228
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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 4406
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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. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.315a (full edition of exemption clause in the Act of Resumption)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150515/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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