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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Bays of Preby in the county of Somerset, and William Milward the younger. Bays;...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/340/16018
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This record is about the John Bays of Preby in the county of Somerset, and William Milward the younger. Bays;... dating from [c. 1418] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/340/16018
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1418]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Bays of Preby in the county of Somerset, and William Milward the younger.
- Name(s)
- Bays; Milward, John; William
- Addressees
- [Missing]
- Nature of request
- [This petition is fragmentary] [John Bays of Preby in the county] of Somerset, and William Milward the younger state that on 3 [February 1418 the king granted a lead mine in the forest of Mendip, Somerset, to hold for a year] at farm to the said petitioners by letters patent under the great seal . . . . contained. Concerning this mine the said petitioners are . . . to the great ruin of the said petitioners . . . a writ under the king's great seal addressed . . . on pain of a heavy penalty [to be decided] by you in this [matter] . . . of the letters patent . . .
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Preby, Somerset
- [Mendip forest, Somerset].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1416-22 p.133 is dated 3 February 1418, a date which can just be made out in the petition. This petition would therefore seem to date from after this date, and most probably from the next year.
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen V, vol. II, 1416-1422, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.133 (grant of lead mine to petitioners, to hold at farm for a year)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736499/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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