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Richard Clerk of Salisbury, haberdasher. Clerk Richard King. haberdasher Clerk requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/230/11477

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This record is about the Richard Clerk of Salisbury, haberdasher. Clerk Richard King. haberdasher Clerk requests... dating from [1416] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/230/11477
Date
[1416]
Description
Petitioners
Richard Clerk of Salisbury, haberdasher.
Name(s)
Clerk, Richard
Addressees
King.
Occupation
haberdasher
Nature of request
Clerk requests that he be granted a pardon as he has been indicted of cutting coins to the king's great damage, for which he has been put in Canterbury prison, and is still there.
Nature of endorsement
[On face:]The king has granted this.Chamberlain of England.[On dorse, none].
Places mentioned
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Canterbury, [Kent].
People mentioned
Chamberlain of England.
Note
The petition dates to 1416 as the pardon was granted on 15 August 1416 (CPR 1416-22, p.42).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Chancery Files 548.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen V, vol. II, 1416-1422, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.42 (grant of pardon)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335036/

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