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Hugh Cheyne (Cheney), knight. Cheyne (Cheney) Hugh Council. Hugh Cheyne states that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/167/8307
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This record is about the Hugh Cheyne (Cheney), knight. Cheyne (Cheney) Hugh Council. Hugh Cheyne states that... dating from [1403] 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 8/167/8307
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1403]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Hugh Cheyne (Cheney), knight.
- Name(s)
- Cheyne (Cheney), Hugh
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- Hugh Cheyne states that the king has ordered him to keep the town and castle of Ludlow for as long as they are in the king's hands, with a fee of 40 marks annually from the profits of the town, and requests that he be granted letters patent in that form.
- Nature of endorsement
- On 6 June 4 [Henry IV] present in the council were the chancellor, Treasurer, Bishop of Rochester, Keeper of the Privy Seal, Lord Roos, Lord Willoughby, Hugh Waterton, John Cheyne, John Savage and John Norbury, who agreed that the petitioner have the keeping of the said town and castle [terms given].
- Places mentioned
- Ludlow, [Shropshire].
- People mentioned
- [Henry Beaufort], Chancellor
- [Guy Mone], Treasurer
- [John Bottlesham], Bishop of Rochester
- [Thomas Langley], Keeper of the Privy Seal
- [William de Roos], Lord Roos
- [William de Willoughby], Lord Willoughby
- Hugh Waterton
- John Cheyne (Cheney)
- John Savage
- John Norbury.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- As noted on the guard, the requested letters were granted on 6 June 1403.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an alternative version of this petition see SC 8/263/13136
For another petition possibly by the same petitioner and his wife, see SC 8/167/8330
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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 Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.281 (summary translation of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.237 (requested letters)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294152/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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