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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Roger Tounesend (Townsend). Tounesend (Townsend) Roger King. Roger Tounesend requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/185/9237
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This record is about the Roger Tounesend (Townsend). Tounesend (Townsend) Roger King. Roger Tounesend requests... dating from [1483] 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 8/185/9237
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1483]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Roger Tounesend (Townsend).
- Name(s)
- Tounesend (Townsend), Roger
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Roger Tounesend requests that the king grant letters patent in the following form (recited), granting him the office of king's serjeant-at-law.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] Memorandum that on 27 June 1 Richard III this bill was delivered to the chancellor of England at Westminster to be executed.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The requested appointment was, as noted in the endorsement, granted on 27 June 1483.
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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 and 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, Edw IV, Edw V and Ric III, 1476-1485, (Public Record Office, 1901), p.360 (requested appointment)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295115/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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