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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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Servants and orators of the clerks of the king's chapel within the household, and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/172/8557
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/172/8557
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1433]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Servants and orators of the clerks of the king's chapel within the household, and late servants of the king's household.
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The servants and orators request letters of commission to Hungerford and others with full power to deliver to them the money which the late king gave to them in his last will according to the form of a schedule.[The petition is signed by several bishops and lords including the archbishops of York and Canterbury, the bishop of Bath, lords Scrope and Typtoft, and the earl of Suffolk].
- Nature of endorsement
- 20 November anno 12, at Westminster the petitioner's request was granted.
- People mentioned
- Walter Hungerford, knight
- William Philip, knight
- William Porter, knight
- Ralph Botiller, knight.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1433 as there is a dating clause in the response dating to 20 September (12 Hen. VI). The commission was issued on 20 November 1433 (CPR 1429-36, p.349).
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. II, 1429-1436, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.349 (order to those requested in the petition to determine how much each of the petitioners should receive of the sum)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294422/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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