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Ed. . , chaplain. Ed. . King. chaplain [The petition has suffered considerable damage,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/178/8876

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This record is about the Ed. . , chaplain. Ed. . King. chaplain [The petition has suffered considerable damage,... dating from [c. 1435-c. 1460] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/178/8876
Date
[c. 1435-c. 1460]
Description
Petitioners
Ed. . , chaplain.
Name(s)
Ed. .
Addressees
King.
Occupation
chaplain
Nature of request
[The petition has suffered considerable damage, and only a fragment survives. The petition appears to be a request for the grant of letters patent pardoning the petitioner for felony].
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Exeter, [Devon].
Note
The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1435-c. 1460 based on the hand and because the petition is written in English, though little remains of the petition to make a better assessment.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294744/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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