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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Fitz Richard and his companions. Fitz Richard John Chancellor. Fitz Richard...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/302/15056
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This record is about the John Fitz Richard and his companions. Fitz Richard John Chancellor. Fitz Richard... dating from [1416] 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 8/302/15056
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1416]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Fitz Richard and his companions.
- Name(s)
- Fitz Richard, John
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- Fitz Richard and his companions request that one of the king's ministers be sent to Couper at The Star in Eastcheap, to charge him to deliver the copies of 'de Temptatis' and the evidence from the books of Chamberlain, who is with the Earl of Dorset at Harfleur, in order to help the petitioners, who are going to Calais to treat for restitution.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Eastcheap, London
- Harfleur, [Normandy, France]
- Calais, [France].
- People mentioned
- John Couper, hosteller
- John Chamberleyn (Chamberlain)
- [Thomas Beaufort], Earl of Dorset.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1416 as other petitions originally from Chancery Files 548 date to this year.
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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 548.
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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/C9518260/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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