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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Harry Abraham, clerk, parson of Harpley. Abraham Harry King and council. clerk, parson...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/336/15894
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This record is about the Harry Abraham, clerk, parson of Harpley. Abraham Harry King and council. clerk, parson... dating from [1465-1474] 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 8/336/15894
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1465-1474]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Harry Abraham, clerk, parson of Harpley.
- Name(s)
- Abraham, Harry
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- clerk, parson of Harpley
- Nature of request
- Abraham, parson of Harpley, requests remedy against his patron, Gourney, and that letters of privy seal be directed to Gourney and his father-in-law, Calthorpe, ordering them to appear before the council to be examined. After Gourney attempted to force Abraham to resign by committing various offences against him, the chancellor and bishop of Chichester ordered that neither he nor those procured by him should trouble Abraham. However, he has since caused Calthorpe, his father-in-law, to take a feigned action against Abraham, wrongly claiming that he hunted in Calthorpe's warren.
- Nature of endorsement
- Before the King and his council of the quinzaine of Hilary.
- Places mentioned
- Harpley, Norfolk
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- William Gourney, squire, patron of the church of Harpley
- Chancellor
- Bishop of Chichester
- William Calthorp (Calthorpe), knight, father-in-law of William Gourney.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petitioner was rector of Harpley from 1465 to 1474 (Blomefield, Vol. VIII, p. 459).
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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, Edw IV, 1461-1467, (Public Record Office, 1897), p.504 (pardon for outlawry to Henry Abraham, clerk)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736282/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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