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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
Item
Prior and Convent of Sheen. King. The Prior and Convent of the Carthusian house of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/180/8957
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/180/8957
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1417]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and Convent of Sheen.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Prior and Convent of the Carthusian house of St John of Bethlehem of Sheen request permission to manumit William Smert and his son William, bondmen of their manor of Middleton Cheney, under letters patent sealed with the common seal of their house.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Sheen (Richmond), [Surrey]
- Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire.
- People mentioned
- William Smert
- William [Smert], son of William Smert.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The requested licence was issued on 15 March 1403.
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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 V, vol. II, 1416-1422, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.109 (resultant licence)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294825/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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