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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named [This document is badly damaged.]Writ from Henry VI to the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/255/12739
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named [This document is badly damaged.]Writ from Henry VI to the... dating from 1455 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 8/255/12739
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1455
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- [This document is badly damaged.]Writ from Henry VI to the Chancellor, stating that William Grymmesby wishes to surrender the letters patent he has for the corrody granted to him in the monastery of Gloucester so that John Talbot may have it, and instructing him to tell the Abbot and convent to surrender the letters under their common seal made to William, and to make others to John.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] [Be it remembered] that this writ was delivered to the Chancellor . . . August in the year . . ..[None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- Gloucester, [Gloucestershire]
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- [Henry VI], King of England
- [Thomas Bourchier], Archbishop of Canterbury, Chancellor of England
- William Grymmesby (Grimsby)
- John Talbot
- Abbot and convent of Gloucester.
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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)
- English
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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/C9440346/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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