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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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Robert Fisshelake (Fishlake), late avener collector of oats and hay of the queen....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/178/8897
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This record is about the Robert Fisshelake (Fishlake), late avener collector of oats and hay of the queen.... dating from [1440] 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 8/178/8897
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1440]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Fisshelake (Fishlake), late avener collector of oats and hay of the queen.
- Name(s)
- Fisshelake (Fishlake), Robert
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- avener collector of oats and hay of the queen
- Nature of request
- Fisshelake requests the grant of letters patent in accordance with a schedule [formerly] annexed to the petition for the service he did to the princess, the king's mother as he is now destitute.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- People mentioned
- Catherine de Valois, Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1440 as the response, which is endorsed on the draft letters patent formerly appended to this petition (SC 8/178/8898), is dated to 22 July 1440 (18 Hen. VI).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the draft letters patent that formerly formed the schedule attached to this petition, see SC 8/178/8898
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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)
- English
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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. III, 1436-1441, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.441 (grant of the exemption)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294765/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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