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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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King's former soldiers in Calais. Council. The king's former soldiers in Calais state...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/295/14733
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This record is about the King's former soldiers in Calais. Council. The king's former soldiers in Calais state... dating from [1433] 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 8/295/14733
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1433]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- King's former soldiers in Calais.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- The king's former soldiers in Calais state that they have long sued to the king and council to have restitution of their wages, lands, rents, and other goods pertaining to them, within the town of Calais, and it has pleased the king to grant restitution of their lands, rents, and other goods; they trust that the king, on the advice of the council, will grant them their wages also. They request a warrant to the Mayor of Calais to deliver their lands, rents and goods to them.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] H. Cardinal [sign manual].[On dorse] It is agreed that, notwithstanding any arrest or impeachment made of the lands, rents or goods of those who were lately the king's soldiers in his town of Calais, the same soldiers may have free disposition of their said lands, rents and goods; not intending by this to give them licence to dwell within the said town.
- Places mentioned
- Calais, [France].
- People mentioned
- Henry [Beaufort], Cardinal [Bishop of Winchester].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1433 by Rot. Parl. vol. IV p.473b (no.20).
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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)
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- Facsimiles of National Manuscripts from William the Conqueror to Queen Anne, vol. 1, ed. H. James, (, 1865), no.xxxix (facsimile and translation of petition)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.473b (no.20) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735899/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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