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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Henry de Coton (Cotton), clerk. de Coton (Cotton) Henry Council. clerk Coton requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/172/8587
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This record is about the Henry de Coton (Cotton), clerk. de Coton (Cotton) Henry Council. clerk Coton requests... dating from [1378] 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 8/172/8587
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Henry de Coton (Cotton), clerk.
- Name(s)
- de Coton (Cotton), Henry
- Addressees
- Council.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- Coton requests that the grant of the hospital of St Leonard to Packington be repealed as it was made upon an allegation that the hospital was void when the king's grandfather had granted it to the petitioner for his life, and he has spent substantial sums on the buildings.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the bill be sent into Chancery, and let the parties be called, and justice be done.
- Places mentioned
- St Leonard's Hospital, Derby, [Derbyshire].
- People mentioned
- William de Pakyngton (Packington), king's clerk.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1378 as the letters patent of Packington were revoked, and the bailiffs of Derby were ordered to restore the petitioner on 8 April 1378 (CPR 1377-81, p.177).
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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, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.177 (revocation of Packington's letters patent, and order to the bailiffs of Derby to reinstate the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294452/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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