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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Matheu (Mathewe), esquire. Matheu (Mathewe) John King. John Matheu requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/124/6189A
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This record is about the John Matheu (Mathewe), esquire. Matheu (Mathewe) John King. John Matheu requests... 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 8/124/6189A
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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 Matheu (Mathewe), esquire.
- Name(s)
- Matheu (Mathewe), John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- John Matheu requests exemption from the present Act of Resumption of a grant made to him for his service to the king and his father during their wars. He states that he has an annuity of £50, which he received in exchange for an earlier grant made to him of lands and rents in Normandy and another annuity granted to Saint Mard, and asks that he keep at least part of the grant, in consideration of the losses and injuries he sustained in the king's service.
- Nature of endorsement
- The King, by the advice of the lords spiritual and temporal, agreed that John Mathewe be provided, and provide for him that he have 20 marks yearly of the said £50.
- Places mentioned
- Normandy, [France].
- People mentioned
- [Henry V], King of England
- Peter de Saint Mard, Viscount of Blossevile.
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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 resulting from this petition see SC 8/124/6189B
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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 5403
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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. IV, 1441-1446, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.367 (original grant to St Mard)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.315a (resultant clause in the 1455 Act of Resumption)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208361/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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