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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mayor and jurats of Rye. Chancellor. The mayor and jurats of Rye request that Donne,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/306/15272
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This record is about the Mayor and jurats of Rye. Chancellor. The mayor and jurats of Rye request that Donne,... dating from 1459 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 8/306/15272
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1459
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor and jurats of Rye.
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- The mayor and jurats of Rye request that Donne, who used to be a vintner and has practised no other craft, be accepted and licensed as a vintner so that he can go to Gascony to buy wine to bring back to England. Given at Rye on 15 October in the 38th year of Henry VI's reign [1459].
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Rye, [Sussex]
- Gascony, [France].
- People mentioned
- [William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester], Chancellor
- Thomas Donne of Rye, vintner.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518326/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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