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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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Thomas Barton. Barton Thomas King. Thomas Barton requests that the king send letters...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/185/9247
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This record is about the Thomas Barton. Barton Thomas King. Thomas Barton requests that the king send letters... dating from [c. 1422] 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 8/185/9247
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1422]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Barton.
- Name(s)
- Barton, Thomas
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Thomas Barton requests that the king send letters to the Abbot and convent of Whitby, ordering them to restore to him the terms of the corrody which he had enjoyed during the reign of Henry V, but which the abbey has since altered. A charter of the abbey, dated 30 June 1417, is copied below.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Whitby, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Henry V, King of England
- Abbot and convent of Whitby.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the text, this petition presumably dates to the early part of the reign of Henry VI.
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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 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295125/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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