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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Draft letters patent of Henry VI granting Fishlake exemption...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/178/8898
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Draft letters patent of Henry VI granting Fishlake exemption... 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 8/178/8898
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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
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Draft letters patent of Henry VI granting Fishlake exemption from serving in all manner of offices and on juries for his life, and that none of his goods, corn or chattels will be taken against his wishes by the king's ministers.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king at his castle of Windsor, 22 July in his 18th year has granted the present request and ordered the chancellor to make the letters according to the tenor of the presents.
- Places mentioned
- Windsor, [Berkshire].
- People mentioned
- Henry VI, King of England
- Bailiffs, constables and ministers of the king
- Robert Fisshelake (Fishlake), late avener [collector of oats and hay] of Queen Catherine
- Catherine of Valois, Queen of England
- [John Stafford, archbishop of York and] chancellor
- [William de la Pole,] earl of Suffolk
- Adam Moleyns.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the petition to which this draft was formerly attached, see SC 8/178/8897
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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)
- Latin
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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/C9294766/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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