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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Adam Franche. Franche Adam Chancellor. Franche requests that he be made letters patent...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/301/15005
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/301/15005
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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
- Adam Franche.
- Name(s)
- Franche, Adam
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- Franche requests that he be made letters patent for 40 marks per annum in the manner and form commanded by the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- Memorandum that on 3 April, 3 [Henry IV] at the Tower of London the king retained Franche for life and granted him 40 marks to be taken annually for his life in the Exchequer, and commanded the chancellor to make letters patent on this.
- Places mentioned
- Tower of London, [London].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1402 as the petitioner was granted the annuity on 7 April 1402 (CPR 1401-5, p.58).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Files 484.
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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.58 (grant to the petitioner of the 40 marks, he being a Scot who did homage to the king and was retained for life)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518209/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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