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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 Spenser, king's lardener. Spenser John Keeper of the Privy Seal. king's lardener...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/223/11115
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This record is about the John Spenser, king's lardener. Spenser John Keeper of the Privy Seal. king's lardener... dating from [1378] 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 8/223/11115
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Spenser, king's lardener.
- Name(s)
- Spenser, John
- Addressees
- Keeper of the Privy Seal.
- Occupation
- king's lardener
- Nature of request
- The petitioner requests letters of safe passage, with reasonable expenses, for his brother Spenser and Donton, chaplains, who are travelling to the Holy Land and to Rome.
- Nature of endorsement
- They shall have the usual writs of safe passage issued in such cases.
- Places mentioned
- Holy Land
- Rome, [Italy].
- People mentioned
- John Spenser, chaplain
- John Donton, chaplain.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The requested letters were issued on 5 August 1378. The precise identity of the petitioner is unclear, but it appears to be John Spenser, the king's lardener, on behalf of his brother and his colleague.
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.529 (requested letters)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334675/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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