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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Warrant of the king granting a charter of pardon to Morris...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/228/11374
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Warrant of the king granting a charter of pardon to Morris... dating from [1352] 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 8/228/11374
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1352]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Warrant of the king granting a charter of pardon to Morris for the death of atte Welle and for escaping from Dorchester prison. This is made at the request of Bentley for the service that he has done in Brittany and elsewhere.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face: impression of privy seal as signification of assent.][On dorse, none].
- Places mentioned
- Winterbourne Steepleton, Dorset
- Dorchester, [Dorset]
- Brittany, [France]
- Somerset.
- People mentioned
- Edward III, King of England
- Thomas Moris (Morris) of Winterbourne Steepleton
- [Adam] atte Welle of Somerset
- Walter de Bentelee (Bentley), lieutenant of Brittany.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The warrant dates to 1352 as the pardon was granted on 6 May 1352 (CPR 1350-4, p.259).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by Morris requesting pardon for the death of atte Welle, see SC 8/228/11370
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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, Edw III, vol. IX, 1350-1354, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.259 (grant of pardon)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334934/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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