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John Mortimer, knight. Mortimer John Commons in Parliament. [Left-hand side missing]...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/336/15882

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This record is about the John Mortimer, knight. Mortimer John Commons in Parliament. [Left-hand side missing]... dating from [1423] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/336/15882
Date
[1423]
Description
Petitioners
John Mortimer, knight.
Name(s)
Mortimer, John
Addressees
Commons in Parliament.
Nature of request
[Left-hand side missing] Mortimer requests that the commons intercede on his behalf with the duke of Gloucester and lords of Parliament concerning the accusation of treason made against him.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
People mentioned
[Humphrey], Duke of Gloucester
Henry V, King of England
William Hankeford (Hankford), justice of the King's Bench.
Note
Dated to the October 1423 Parliament in PROME (October 1423, no.18). The petitioner was condemned to death for treason by authority of Parliament on 26 February 1424.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), October 1423, no.18 (judgment rendered against petitioner)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736270/

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