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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Joan Martyn of Canterbury, bedewoman. Martyn Joan Lords in Parliament. bedewoman...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/124/6188A
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This record is about the Joan Martyn of Canterbury, bedewoman. Martyn Joan Lords in Parliament. bedewoman... dating from [1455] 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 8/124/6188A
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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
- Joan Martyn of Canterbury, bedewoman.
- Name(s)
- Martyn, Joan
- Addressees
- Lords in Parliament.
- Occupation
- bedewoman
- Nature of request
- Joan, the wife of Thomas Martyn of Canterbury, requests that her grant of 14d weekly from the fee farm of Canterbury be exempted from the forthcoming Act of Resumption. She states that the grant was made to her after her hand was cut off by Rys, a yeoman of the Crown, during the king's visit to Canterbury, and asks for exemption as she is otherwise unable to make a living.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Canterbury, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- Thomas Martyn of Canterbury, husband of the petitioner
- Nicholas ap Rys (ap Rhys), yeoman of the Crown.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The requested exemption appears in the 1455 Act of Resumption.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the text of an exemption presented with this petition, and the response to the petition, see SC 8/124/6188B
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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 5401
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.313b (resultant clause in the 1455 Act of Resumption)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208359/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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