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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
Item
William Walker; Thomas Beronan. Walker; Beronan William; Thomas Bishop of Bath, Chancellor....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/304/15190
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This record is about the William Walker; Thomas Beronan. Walker; Beronan William; Thomas Bishop of Bath, Chancellor.... dating from [1432-1443] 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 8/304/15190
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1432-1443]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Walker; Thomas Beronan.
- Name(s)
- Walker; Beronan, William; Thomas
- Addressees
- Bishop of Bath, Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- Walker and Beronan, who are imprisoned at Quimper, fearing not only for Harrison, Tresset, Carre, Aylesby, Gouxdon and Armflet who should by now have returned with their ransom of 100 nobles, but also for their own lives because of missing ransom money, request the King's letters patent under the great seal by which they can purchase alms from the people of England to pay their ransom.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Quempercorentin (Quimper), Brittany, [France].
- People mentioned
- [John Stafford], Bishop of Bath [and Wells], Chancellor
- Richard Herisone (Harrison)
- John Tresset
- William Carre
- Richard Aillesbi (Aylesby)
- William Gouxdon
- Thomas Armflet.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1432-43 since it is addressed to the bishop of Bath as chancellor.
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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)
- Early Chancery Proceedings, Bundle 11, 57.
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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/C9528937/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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