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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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Former servants of Queen Catherine's household. Commons of parliament. Former servants...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/141/7034
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This record is about the Former servants of Queen Catherine's household. Commons of parliament. Former servants... dating from [1439] 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 8/141/7034
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1439]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Former servants of Queen Catherine's household.
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament.
- Occupation
- Former servants of Queen Catherine's household
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly damaged.] The petitioners ask that Robert Rolleston, clerk, Keeper of the Wardrobe, John Merston and Richard Alrede, esquire, might be appointed as executors of the will of the late Queen Catherine, and that certain provisions might be made for the execution of her will, in accordance with the terms of a schedule attached to this petition.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Let it be delivered to the lords.[On dorse] It is to be done as is requested.
- Places mentioned
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Catherine [de Valois], Queen of England
- Robert Rolleston, clerk, Keeper of the Wardrobe
- John Merston
- Richard Alrede, esquire
- [Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester and Cardinal of England]
- [Humphrey of Lancaster], Duke of Gloucester
- William [Alnwick], Bishop of Lincoln.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the schedule formerly attached to this petition, see SC 8/141/7035
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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)
- 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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. III, 1436-1441, (Public Record Office, 1907), pp.389-390 (provisions for the execution of Queen Catherine's will, in accordance with the tenor of this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209171/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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