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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Samport, king's messenger. Samport John Duke of Gloucester, Guardian of England,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/294/14699
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This record is about the John Samport, king's messenger. Samport John Duke of Gloucester, Guardian of England,... dating from 1432 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 8/294/14699
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1432
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Samport, king's messenger.
- Name(s)
- Samport, John
- Addressees
- Duke of Gloucester, Guardian of England, and council.
- Occupation
- king's messenger
- Nature of request
- John Samport, king's messenger, states that when he was lately ordered by the king's council to go on the king's business with certain commissions and privy seals, he was given a new horse at Wolverhampton by the constable of the town, to replace his that could not serve him any longer; and that when he was six leagues from the town, Roger Benet and others assaulted him without reason, although he showed them the king's letters, so that he could not perform his commission, but had to go two or three leagues to find another horse. He requests a remedy, as otherwise he and his companions will not be able to perform their office.
- Nature of endorsement
- On 19 May in the tenth year it was granted by the council that a writ should be issued to the Roger Benet mentioned here to appear before the council at the octaves of Trinity next, to answer to the things that will be put to him there, on pain of £40.And a writ is to be issued to the Sheriff of Staffordshire to execute the king's writ, on the same pain.
- Places mentioned
- Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.
- People mentioned
- [Humphrey of Lancaster], Duke of Gloucester, Guardian of England
- Roger Benet, mercer of Wolverhampton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The dorse of this petition is dated 19 May, 10 Henry VI (1432).
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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/C9735862/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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