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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Geoffrey Louther Louther Geoffrey Bishop of Durham, Chancellor. [Louther] requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/302/15060
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This record is about the Geoffrey Louther Louther Geoffrey Bishop of Durham, Chancellor. [Louther] requests... dating from [? 1422-? 1424] 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 8/302/15060
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1422-? 1424]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Geoffrey Louther
- Name(s)
- Louther, Geoffrey
- Addressees
- Bishop of Durham, Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- [Louther] requests that a commission is granted to Hungerford, Flore, Louther, Merbury, Russell, Alisaundre and Neuton to hold the sessions in Wales, namely at Cantref Selyf, the quorum being Flore, Louther, Merbury, Russell, Alisaundre and Neuton.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Cantref Selyf, [Brecknockshire, Wales].
- People mentioned
- [Thomas Langley], Bishop of Durham, Chancellor
- Walter Hungerford, knight
- Roger Flore
- John Russell
- William Alisaundre (Alexander)
- Richard Neuton (Newton).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to? 1422-? 1424 as other petitions originally from Chancery Files 548 appear date to these years based on the dating assigned them on the guard. In addition, the petition is addressed to the bishop of Durham, then chancellor, and Thomas Langley was chancellor from July 1417 to July 1424. For a wider discussion of the dating of this petition see Rees (Petitions Relating to Wales, pp.482-3).
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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 571.
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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 Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.482-3 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518264/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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