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Robert de Danhurst, clerk and avener of the queen. de Danhurst Robert King. clerk;...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/226/11297
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This record is about the Robert de Danhurst, clerk and avener of the queen. de Danhurst Robert King. clerk;... dating from [c. 1361-c. 1364] 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 8/226/11297
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1361-c. 1364]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Danhurst, clerk and avener of the queen.
- Name(s)
- de Danhurst, Robert
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- clerk; avener of the queen
- Nature of request
- Danhurst requests that it be granted to Thorpe, who has recently returned from Rome, a charter of exemption and liberty that he not be put on assizes, juries or any other manner of recognisance, nor be a collector of fifteenth or serve in other offices.Bill of Roger de Bello Campo.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Rome, [Italy].
- People mentioned
- John de Thorp (Thorpe), kinsman of the petitioner
- Roger de Bello Campo (Beauchamp).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1361-c. 1365 on the basis of unrelated entries in the patent rolls to the petitioner and to John de Thorpe (CPR 1361-4, p.75; CPR 1364-7, pp.109, 184).
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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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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Europe and Russia
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XII, 1361-1364, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.75 (grant of an annuity to the petitioner)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XIII, 1364-1367, (Public Record Office, 1913), pp.109, 184 (grant of annuities to Thorpe)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334857/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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