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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 Cobham and his associates, keepers of the coast in Kent. Cobham John Chancellor....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/209/10428
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This record is about the John Cobham and his associates, keepers of the coast in Kent. Cobham John Chancellor.... dating from [1346] 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 8/209/10428
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1346]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Cobham and his associates, keepers of the coast in Kent.
- Name(s)
- Cobham, John
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- Request to be released from service as keepers of the coast, the petitioners having remained in service for fourteen weeks from the time they received their commission; the people arrayed for defence are simple and of little value; news has reached the commissioners that the king has arrived safely in Normandy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [Remains of impression of seal.]
- Places mentioned
- Kent
- Normandy, [France].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard 1338, but the petition's reference to the king's arrival in Normandy appears to place this in 1346.
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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/C9333985/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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