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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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Alice Knappe, widow and executor of Richard Knappe. Knappe Alice Duke of Gloucester...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/119/5926
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This record is about the Alice Knappe, widow and executor of Richard Knappe. Knappe Alice Duke of Gloucester... dating from [? 1427] 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 8/119/5926
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1427]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alice Knappe, widow and executor of Richard Knappe.
- Name(s)
- Knappe, Alice
- Addressees
- Duke of Gloucester and Lords of the Council.
- Nature of request
- [A large part of this petition is missing]Alice requests respite from payment of a debt until the King reaches full age. She states that her husband stood surety for 100 marks for Chapell, who was then convicted of felony. Kinwolmarsh agreed that Richard could pay the debt in instalments, but she is now too poor to pay the remainder.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] For the Duke of Gloucester 8 November.
- Places mentioned
- Finsbury, [Middlesex]
- London.
- People mentioned
- Richard Knappe, former husband of the petitioner
- Henry [V], King of England
- Edmund del Chapell, former bailiff of Finsbury
- William Kinwolmarsh, former Treasurer of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to?1427, but with no evidence cited. The endorsement is typical of petitions of this period, but a number of contemporary parliaments sat in November.
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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 4642
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150609/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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