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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Merston, esquire and Rose Merston, his wife. Merston; Merston John; Rose King....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/124/6184A
What’s it about?
This record is about the John Merston, esquire and Rose Merston, his wife. Merston; Merston John; Rose King.... dating from [1455] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/124/6184A
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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 Merston, esquire and Rose Merston, his wife.
- Name(s)
- Merston; Merston, John; Rose
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- John Merston and his wife Rose request that a tenement called 'Le Leden Porche' in London, formerly granted to John, be re-granted to both of them for the terms of their lives. The tenement, which they have repaired at great cost, was originally granted to John and his heirs, but is being resumed in the current Act of Resumption and re-granted to John for the term of his life only.
- Nature of endorsement
- The lords spiritual and temporal agree this bill as it is desired.
- Places mentioned
- Crooked Lane, London
- St Martin Orgar Lane (Martin's Lane), London.
- People mentioned
- [Henry V, King of England]
- [Katherine de Valois, Queen of England].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The resultant exemption clause (see SC 8/124/6184B) is contained in the 1455 Act of Resumption. The original grant of this tenement to John and Rose was made on 16 January 1453.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a draft of the resultant clause in the 1455 Act of Resumption see SC 8/124/6184B
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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 5395
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. VI, 1452-1461, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.109 (original grant of this tenement to John and Rose)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.319a (resultant clause in the 1455 Act of Resumption)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208354/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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