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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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John of Lancaster. Lancaster John King. John of Lancaster requests that the king...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/185/9230
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This record is about the John of Lancaster. Lancaster John King. John of Lancaster requests that the king... dating from [? c. 1404] 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 8/185/9230
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1404]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John of Lancaster.
- Name(s)
- Lancaster, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- John of Lancaster requests that the king grant him four cakes of wax, seized at sea and now in the keeping of Thornton.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- Roger Thornton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? c. 1404, with reference to actions by John of Lancaster (son of Henry IV) as keeper of Berwick at this time. Roger Thornton was mayor of Newcastle in that year (c.f. CPR 1401-5, p.381).
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295108/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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