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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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Walter Hightes. Hightes Walter King. Hightes requests that he be granted the pardon...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/231/11514
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This record is about the Walter Hightes. Hightes Walter King. Hightes requests that he be granted the pardon... dating from [1406] 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 8/231/11514
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1406]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter Hightes.
- Name(s)
- Hightes, Walter
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Hightes requests that he be granted the pardon as was granted to all the king's lieges in the parliament held at Westminster in his fifth year for all trespasses, felonies and treasons, notwithstanding that he was in Ely gaol at the time of the pardon.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Westminster
- Ely, [Cambridgeshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1406 as the pardon was granted on 7 June 1406 (CPR 1405-8, p.205).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Files 498.
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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, Hen IV, vol. III, 1405-1408, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.205 (grant of pardon)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335073/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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