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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas Blount, knight. Blount Thomas King. Blount requests letters patent under the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/332/15712A
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This record is about the Thomas Blount, knight. Blount Thomas King. Blount requests letters patent under the... dating from [c. 1422] 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 8/332/15712A
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1422]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Blount, knight.
- Name(s)
- Blount, Thomas
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Blount requests letters patent under the seal of the Duchy of Lancaster granting him £400 yearly from the lordship of Ulnes Walton, the rents and herbage of Blackburnshire and the herbage of Bowland until he is satisfied for 5000 marks. Blount was possessed of a prisoner named Sir Reginald Gerard, who the King's father, by his letter dated 20 February at Rouen castle, ordered Blount to deliver to him, for which he was granted 5000 marks, but has received nothing.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- France
- Rouen, [Normandy, France]
- Duchy of Lancaster
- Ulnes Walton, [Lancashire]
- Blackburnshire, [Lancashire]
- Bowland, [Lancashire and West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Reginald Gerard, knight of France
- [Henry V, King of England], Prince [of France], father of the King
- John Blount, brother of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to early in the reign of Henry VI. It and the enclosed pro forma (SC 8/332/15712B) both recite the signet letter of the King's father dated at Rouen Castle on 20 February.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the resulting letters patent see SC 8/332/15712B
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736296/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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