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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Whithalles. Whithalles John King. [This petition is badly damaged.]John Whithalles...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/255/12711
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This record is about the John Whithalles. Whithalles John King. [This petition is badly damaged.]John Whithalles... dating from [1399-1413] 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 8/255/12711
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1399-1413]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Whithalles.
- Name(s)
- Whithalles, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly damaged.]John Whithalles states that the King's father granted [him] the lands, tenements, rents and profits of one John Mote of Meilhan, rebel, up to a certain valuation, but that he has been ruined by defending the land of Guyenne and resisting the King's enemies, and has nothing to live on without the King's aid. He asks the King [to confirm the gift of] these lands, tenements, rents and profits at their current value, or at the value he can get from them, and also a new gift, in recompense for his service.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] It pleases the King to confirm the gift for term of life of the petitioner. [The manuscript breaks off at this point: there may be more.][None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- Melan (Meilhan-sur-Garonne), [Guyenne, France]
- Bordelais, Guyenne, [France].
- People mentioned
- [John of Gaunt], Duke of Lancaster
- John Mote of Meilhan.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable to the reign of Henry IV from the reference to 'my lord of Lancaster, your father'.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440318/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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