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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
Item
? No Petitioner named Letter of the Earl of Lancaster to the chancellor requesting...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/254/12667
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter of the Earl of Lancaster to the chancellor requesting... dating from [1350] 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 8/254/12667
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter of the Earl of Lancaster to the chancellor requesting aid for Lynyen and his wife that they are able to have a charter of pardon.
- Nature of endorsement
- To the Bishop of Worcester, chancellor of England.
- Places mentioned
- Cornwall
- Gascony, [France]
- Savoy, [London].
- People mentioned
- [Henry of Grosmont], Earl of Lancaster
- John Lynyen of Cornwall
- Sybil [Lynyen]
- [John Thoresby], Bishop of Worcester and chancellor.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The letter dates to 1350 as its dating clause is to 3 June, and the pardon issued to the petitioner, on whose behalf the letter was written dates to 3 June 1350 (SC 8/254/12666; CPR 1348-50, p.548).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the petition with which this letter was originally enclosed, see SC 8/254/12666
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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)
- SC 1/42/63.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440274/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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