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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Soldiers of the castle and town of Caen. King. The soldiers of the castle and town...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/289/14448
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This record is about the Soldiers of the castle and town of Caen. King. The soldiers of the castle and town... dating from [c. 1452] 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 8/289/14448
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1452]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Soldiers of the castle and town of Caen.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The soldiers of the castle and town of Caen state that they have long sued to the king for their wages, which Andrew Hogan [Ogard], knight, formerly Captain of Caen, and James Drylond, esquire, are withholding. They ask that this matter might be determined in Chancery, without any plea or process, for they are so impoverished that they cannot sue any longer, and some of them are in the Counter and other prisons for their expenses.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Caen, [Normandy, France].
- People mentioned
- Andrew Hogan [Ogard], knight, Captain of Caen
- James Drylond, esquire.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a transcript, see p.20 of PRO 31/7/124
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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)
- English
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. V, 1446-1452, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.527 (commission to hear and determine complaints such as this one)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735610/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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