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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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Lost. Duke of Gloucester, Keeper of England, and Council. [Petition in 2 parts. The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/307/15334
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This record is about the Lost. Duke of Gloucester, Keeper of England, and Council. [Petition in 2 parts. The... dating from [c. 1422] 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 8/307/15334
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1422]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Lost.
- Addressees
- Duke of Gloucester, Keeper of England, and Council.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 2 parts. The petition is badly damaged with parts of the left-hand side of the petition being missing or so badly stained to be illegible:]... whereas on 8 May in the tenth year of the last King's reign [1422] [the King granted] Butler a commission to Calais to enquire ... concerning which grievances the commissioners and the mayor of Calais under their letters ... , that the council assign two or three of their members to duly examine the said certificates or other ... of the said commission ....He also requests that whereas when he should have returned to England with the said commission he was impeached by malice, and his goods were arrested and he was imprisoned until released by the Duke of Exeter and Earl of Warwick, and his enemies are judges in his neighbourhood so that he cannot have justice, that his enemies be made to come before the council to justify their deeds.
- Nature of endorsement
- It should be certified to the King's council who should do as seems best to them.
- Places mentioned
- Calais, [France]
- People mentioned
- [Humphrey], Duke of Gloucester, Keeper of England
- John Botyller (Butler)
- [John Holland], Duke of Exeter
- [Richard de Beauchamp], Earl of Warwick.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1422 since it refers to a commission granted on 8 May in the 10th year of the previous King's reign; the petition therefore dates to early in Henry VI's reign.
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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/C9518389/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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