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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 Gerard. Gerard John King. John Gerard requests letters of pardon for the death...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/251/12537
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/251/12537
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1388]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Gerard.
- Name(s)
- Gerard, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- John Gerard requests letters of pardon for the death of Carter, killed at Hitchin on Tuesday after Lady Day, 9 Richard II (12 September 1385).
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] Granted by the king.
- Places mentioned
- Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
- People mentioned
- William Carter.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1388, with reference to a pardon granted for this death to the petitioner on 27 June 1388. However, while the date of Carter's death given in the petition is explicit, the patent roll calendar states that this occurred 'after Easter' in the king's ninth year (i.e. Easter 1386). There may have been confusion over the actual date of this event, and this may not necessarily be the petition which led directly to that pardon.
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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. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.485 (requested pardon)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440143/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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