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Thomas Blakwell (Blackwell), former servant of Henry IV. Blakwell (Blackwell) Thomas...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/164/8190
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This record is about the Thomas Blakwell (Blackwell), former servant of Henry IV. Blakwell (Blackwell) Thomas... dating from [c. 1422] 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 8/164/8190
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1422]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Blakwell (Blackwell), former servant of Henry IV.
- Name(s)
- Blakwell (Blackwell), Thomas
- Addressees
- Duke of Gloucester and council.
- Occupation
- servant of Henry IV
- Nature of request
- Blakwell requests that he be granted the office of keeper of the mint at Kenilworth, originally granted to him on 3 March 1402 by Henry IV by [letters patent under] the seal of his duchy of Lancaster for his service in the office of the pantry of his household, [to hold] for the term of his life with the fees, wages and other profits belonging to the same office in the same way as Smert had it. Burell in the time of Henry V, a long time after the date of the said letters patent, ... Blakwell had the possessions of the said office and sued before Henry V ..., alleging that Blakwell had fully agreed to relinquish his estate so that Burell could have the office, so that Henry V granted Burell the office ..., so that Burell occupies the office to the great distress and damage of Blakwell, who never agreed to relinquish his estate.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None.]
- Places mentioned
- Lancaster, [Lancashire]
- Kenilworth, [Warwickshire].
- People mentioned
- [Humphrey of Lancaster], Duke of Gloucester
- Henry IV, King of England
- Roger Smert, late keeper of the mint at Kenilworth
- Geoffrey Burell
- Henry V, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on guard to c. 1422, since the petition is addressed to the duke of Gloucester, keeper of the realm. The petition mentions that Henry IV was the current king's grandfather.
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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/C9294035/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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