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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Dounton. Dounton John King. Dounton requests that the king grant and confirm...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/268/13392
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This record is about the John Dounton. Dounton John King. Dounton requests that the king grant and confirm... dating from [1402] 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 8/268/13392
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1402]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Dounton.
- Name(s)
- Dounton, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Dounton requests that the king grant and confirm to him and his heirs the manor of Withcote and a piece of land called Sawaie with the reversion of land held by Edmund and Alice Hastings for 40d per annum, the king having granted him the same for his life. This is notwithstanding the grant of the office of armourer of the king's body within the Tower of London.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Withcote, Leicestershire
- Tower of London, [London].
- People mentioned
- Edmund Hastyng (Hastings), esq.
- Alice [Hastyng (Hastings)], wife of Edmund Hastings.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1402 as the petitioner was granted the manor and lands on 14 January 1402 (CPR 1401-5, p.33). The privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed bears the same date (C 81/613, no.3045).
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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. 3045 in C 81/613
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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, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.33 (grant of the manor and land to the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517339/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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