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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Morfote, mariner of Winchelsea. Morfote William Commons of parliament. mariner...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/199/9902
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This record is about the William Morfote, mariner of Winchelsea. Morfote William Commons of parliament. mariner... dating from [1435] 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 8/199/9902
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1435]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Morfote, mariner of Winchelsea.
- Name(s)
- Morfote, William
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament.
- Occupation
- mariner of Winchelsea
- Nature of request
- William Morfote, mariner of Winchelsea, states that he is at sea at his own expense with 100 men, to fight the King's enemies, and that he is forbidden to purchase victuals in several places in the land, contrary to reason; and that he has sued to the King for a long time for a pardon for escaping from Dover castle, and for other offences, and without it does not dare to come ashore. He asks the commons to ask the King to grant him his letters patent of pardon.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Let it be sent to the lords.[None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- Winchelsea, [Sussex]
- Dover, [Kent].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Enrolled on the roll of the 1435 parliament (Rot. Parl. vol. IV p.489a-b). The response is that the petition is to be granted, for a fine.
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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
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.489a-b (transcription of petition on parliament roll, with response)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295791/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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