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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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Not specified. Bishop of Durham, chancellor. A request that writs be granted to allow...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/305/15236
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This record is about the Not specified. Bishop of Durham, chancellor. A request that writs be granted to allow... dating from [1417-1424] 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 8/305/15236
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1417-1424]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Not specified.
- Addressees
- Bishop of Durham, chancellor.
- Nature of request
- A request that writs be granted to allow passage to ships of Lynn and a ship of Gdansk. They were released from arrest at Lynn by Woodhouse upon the King's order to sail to Normandy, but have since been arrested by a serjeant at arms.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Lynn (King's Lynn), [Norfolk]
- Normandy, [France]
- Gdansk, [Poland].
- People mentioned
- [Thomas Langley], Bishop of Durham, chancellor
- John Thomesson (Thomson), ship's master
- Thomas Russell, ship's master
- [Thomas Beaufort], Duke of Exeter
- Geoffrey Hoop, ship's master
- Simon Moy, ship's master
- Peter Shepherd, ship's master
- Gerard van Alflon, ship's master
- John Wodehous (Woodhouse).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1417-24 since it is addressed to the bishop of Durham as chancellor and refers to goods belonging to the Duke of Exeter.
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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/C9682448/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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