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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Parker. Parker John King. John Parker states that the king has granted him 3d....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/295/14746
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This record is about the John Parker. Parker John King. John Parker states that the king has granted him 3d.... dating from [1400] 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 8/295/14746
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1400]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Parker.
- Name(s)
- Parker, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- John Parker states that the king has granted him 3d. a day for term of life, from the customers of the petty custom of London. He asks that the Chancellor might be ordered to give him two writs called 'currant' and 'dormant' that will guarantee him payment of this sum.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] The Earl of Somerset [sign manual].The king has granted it.This bill has been granted by the king by information of the Earl of Somerset.[None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- [John Beaufort], Earl of Somerset.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1399-1401 p.362 is dated 4 October 1400, and the grant is repeated, backdated to 4 October, on 4 December (p.392). CCR 1399-1402 p.221 is dated 12 November 1400. This would seem to give the petition a clear date of 1400.
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1402, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.221 (order to the collectors of the petty custom to pay the petitioner)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1401, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.362 (grant for life to John Parker of 3d a day for term of life, from the customers of the petty custom of London) & p.392 (reiteration of this grant)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735912/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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