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Richard Baret (Barret), tenant of Gloucester; Laurence Ferrour (Ferrers), tenant...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/254/12687
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This record is about the Richard Baret (Barret), tenant of Gloucester; Laurence Ferrour (Ferrers), tenant... dating from [1401] 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 8/254/12687
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1401]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Baret (Barret), tenant of Gloucester; Laurence Ferrour (Ferrers), tenant of Gloucester; Thomas Freville, tenant of Gloucester; John Irlond (Ireland), tenant of Gloucester; Walter Cole, tenant of Gloucester; John Mountaigne, tenant of Gloucester; Roger Godale, tenant of Gloucester; William Draper, tenant of Gloucester; John Walton, tenant of Gloucester; Peter Cardemakere (Cardmaker), tenant of Gloucester; John Hamelyn, tenant of Gloucester; William Circestre (Cirencester), tenant of Gloucester; John Whitbourne, tenant of Gloucester; Philip Mauncestre, tenant of Gloucester; Walter Brasyere, tenant of Gloucester; William Mountague (Montague), tenant of Gloucester; John Whiteby (Whitby), tenant of Gloucester; John Thommes, tenant of Gloucester; John Fissher (Fisher), tenant of Gloucester; Thomas Phelippe (Philip), tenant of Gloucester; Thomas Bruton, tenant of Gloucester; Walter Obeley, tenant of Gloucester; Richard Porter, tenant of Gloucester; John Dany, tenant of Gloucester. >
- Name(s)
- Name(s)
- Name(s) Robert Burdon.
- Name(s)
- Addressees
- King.
- Places mentioned
- Gloucester, [Gloucestershire]
- Marshalsea prison[Surrey].
- Powick, [Worcestershire].
- Nature of request
- The tenants of Gloucester request that Berkeley, Beauchamp, Greinde and Burdon be assigned to hear and determine the indictments of treason, felony and trespass made against some of them for which they were imprisoned in the Marshalsea, the others being mainpernors.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1401 as the privy seal warrant with which it was formerly enclosed dates to 5 September 1401 [2 Hen. IV] (C 81/611/2804).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the privy seal warrant in which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 2804 in C 81/611
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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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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Treason and rebellion
- Ireland
- Crime
- Prisons
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1402, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.374 (order to the keeper of the Marshalsea to free certain of the petitioners on mainprise)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440294/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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