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Harry Langton, esquire, late Usher of the Chamber and Marshal of the Hall. Langton...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/121/6009

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This record is about the Harry Langton, esquire, late Usher of the Chamber and Marshal of the Hall. Langton... dating from [1455-1456] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/121/6009
Date
[1455-1456]
Description
Petitioners
Harry Langton, esquire, late Usher of the Chamber and Marshal of the Hall.
Name(s)
Langton, Harry
Addressees
King.
Places mentioned
London
Estratford (Stratford at Bow), [Middlesex].
Nature of request
Langton requests exemption from the forthcoming Act of Resumption of the 6d per day granted to him in the thirtieth year of the king's reign. A draft text of such an exemption is given.
Nature of endorsement
1 MarchThe Lords agree that the petitioner keep the grant until he receives an office to the same value. If the petitioner already possesses such an office, then the grant should be resumed.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5003
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.317a (full edition of resulting clause in the Act of Resumption)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208175/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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