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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Spenser, late servant of King Richard. Spenser John King. servant of King Richard...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/324/E665
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/324/E665
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1404
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Spenser, late servant of King Richard.
- Name(s)
- Spenser, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- servant of King Richard
- Nature of request
- Spenser requests that he be granted a charter of general pardon bearing date the 1 May 5 [Hen. IV]. He had heard that Richard II was alive in Scotland, and by his own madness went into various parts to know the truth of this, and when he found that he was dead and that he had no other king than King Henry he returned to the Household and he [...] for fear of being molested and aggrieved without that he had a pardon of the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:]1) The king has granted this.2) Letters have been made at Westminster on the last day of May in the fifth year.3) Richard, Lord Grey.[On dorse, none].
- Places mentioned
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- Richard II, King of England
- Henry IV, King of England
- Richard [Grey], Lord Grey.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1404 as the longer response records the making of letters on the last day of May in 5 [Henry IV].
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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/C9682659/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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