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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset. Beaufort, Earl of Somerset John King. Request for...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/139/6909
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This record is about the John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset. Beaufort, Earl of Somerset John King. Request for... dating from [1404] 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 8/139/6909
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1404]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset.
- Name(s)
- Beaufort, Earl of Somerset, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Request for a grant of £1000 a year at the Exchequer until the king provide the petitioner with suitable lands.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king grants the petition in parliament, in all its points.
- People mentioned
- Richard [II], King of England
- John [of Gaunt], Duke of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Firmly datable by reference to CPR 1401-5. p.477.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.477 (resulting grant)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.483a (no.1) (edition of petition, misdated)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209093/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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