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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Laweles. Laweles William King. Laweles requests letters of pardon for the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/123/6137
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/123/6137
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1421]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Laweles.
- Name(s)
- Laweles, William
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Laweles requests letters of pardon for the murder of Belle, who he claims he killed in self-defence. He states that it is ordained by statute that pardons should be granted in such circumstances.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Council at Westminster made order on 29 May in the king's ninth year that a writ be issued to have the body of William Laweles, and the reason for his detention in prison, at the Chancery on 2 June next.To Thomas Haseley.
- Places mentioned
- Newgate prison, [London]
- London.
- People mentioned
- William Haukeford, justice
- William Belle, carpenter
- Thomas Haseley.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to?1408, with reference to the mention of the king's ninth year (9 Henry IV). However, the reference on the dorse to Thomas Haseley would seem to suggest a later date, either 9 Henry V or 9 Henry VI. Haseley appears to have been appointed as one of the clerks of the crown in Chancery in 1415, was clerk of the house of Commons from 1414, and died c.1449-51. This would date the order to either 29 May 1421 or 29 May 1431, and since a parliament was in session in May 1421 this seems the most likely.
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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 5269
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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/C9208307/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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