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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Roger Thornton, esquire. Thornton Roger King. Thornton requests the king's letters...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/153/7624A
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This record is about the Roger Thornton, esquire. Thornton Roger King. Thornton requests the king's letters... dating from [1440] 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 8/153/7624A
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1440]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Roger Thornton, esquire.
- Name(s)
- Thornton, Roger
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Thornton requests the king's letters patent for Fugar House in Whickham and other lands at Bishopton and Barmpton which Henry IV granted to his father for his service, and of which the duke of Bedford disseised him, and which are in the king's hand by the duke's death.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face a fragmentary response, and possibly another that is largely illegible in addition to the sign manual of R H for Henry VI].Memorandum that this bill . . .[On dorse, none]
- Places mentioned
- Foucher Hous (Fugar House), [County Durham]
- Whickham, [County Durham]
- Bishopton, [County Durham]
- Barmpton, [County Durham]
- Northumberland.
- People mentioned
- Roger Thornton, father of the petitioner
- [John of Lancaster], Duke of Bedford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1440 as the petitioner received a grant in fee from the king of the lands which his father had been granted on 27th January 1440 (CPR 1436-41, p.379).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the letters patent formerly attached to this petition, see SC 8/153/7624B
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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), p.379 (grant in fee to the petitioner of the lands)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209812/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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