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Thomas Rempston, knight. Rempston Thomas Commons in parliament. Request for assistance...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/137/6844

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This record is about the Thomas Rempston, knight. Rempston Thomas Commons in parliament. Request for assistance... dating from [1437] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/137/6844
Date
[1437]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas Rempston, knight.
Name(s)
Rempston, Thomas
Addressees
Commons in parliament.
Nature of request
Request for assistance with the cost of the petitioner's ransom.
Nature of endorsement
[On face:] let it be sent to the lords.[On dorse: none.]
Places mentioned
Calais, [France]
Duchy of Cornwall.
Note
Dated by S. Payling, Political Society in Lancastrian England: The Greater Gentry of Nottinghamshire (Oxford, 1991), p. 61.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209026/

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