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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset. Beaufort, Earl of Somerset John King. Beaufort requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/270/13454
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This record is about the John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset. Beaufort, Earl of Somerset John King. Beaufort requests... dating from [1403] 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 8/270/13454
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1403]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset.
- Name(s)
- Beaufort, Earl of Somerset, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Beaufort requests a commission to enquire of the goods that still remain in safe-keeping in Calais, and those that have been sold having been taken from a crayer of Sluis which ran aground near to Calais on its way to Rouen.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- On 9 May, the council [named] agree that a commission be made to the earl as he demands.2) By the earl of Somerset.
- Places mentioned
- Sluis, [Netherlands]
- Rouen, Normandy, [France]
- Calais, [France].
- People mentioned
- [Thomas Arundel], Archbishop of Canterbury
- [Guy Mone, Bishop of St David's and] Treasurer
- [Thomas Langley], Keeper of the Privy Seal
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1403 as the earl received a commission on 9th May 1403 (See response to petition and CPR 1401-5, p.279).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition by the master of the ship, see SC 8/173/8606
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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.279 (commission to the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517401/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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