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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
Item
. . . of Devonshire. Duke of Gloucester Keeper of England, and the lords spiritual...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/156/7798
What’s it about?
This record is about the . . . of Devonshire. Duke of Gloucester Keeper of England, and the lords spiritual... dating from [1416-1429] 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 8/156/7798
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1416-1429]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- . . . of Devonshire.
- Addressees
- Duke of Gloucester Keeper of England, and the lords spiritual and temporal in this present parliament.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner requests that neither he nor his servants or friends be charged the outrageous damages awarded to Thomas Gylle which was secured by conspiracy between Gylle and others while the petitioner was in France.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Devon
- France.
- People mentioned
- [Humphrey of Lancaster], duke of Gloucester, keeper of England
- [Thomas Beaufort], Duke of Exeter
- Thomas Gylle
- William Cheyne
- John Holdich
- John Laurence, under-sheriff of Devon
- William Bykebury
- John Dymmok
- James Dancomb.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1416-1429 as this was when the duke of Gloucester acted as regent in Henry V's absence in France, and as regent during the minority of Henry VI when the duke of Bedford was abroad (Handbook of British Chronology, p.41).
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209990/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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