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Richard Keterych of London, apothecary. Keterych Richard Duke of Gloucester and Lords...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/119/5912

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Reference
SC 8/119/5912
Date
1422
Description
Petitioners
Richard Keterych of London, apothecary.
Name(s)
Keterych, Richard
Addressees
Duke of Gloucester and Lords of Parliament.
Occupation
apothecary
Nature of request
Keterych asks to be delivered from prison in the Tower of London, and to have his case heard or be given a day for it to be heard. He claims to have been imprisoned on malicious and false allegations.
Nature of endorsement
The reply to this petition is given in the roll of the parliament held on the Monday before Martinmas in the first year of the reign of Henry VI, where it is stated that those imprisoned in the Tower of London should be handed over to the Ordinaries.
Places mentioned
London
Tower of London.
Note
Dated from the endorsement to 1422.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4617
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.174a (statement that those people imprisoned for heresy should be handed over to the Ordinaries for trial)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150595/

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