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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Bowdon, one of the clerks of the signet. Bowdon John King. [The document that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/343/16177
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This record is about the John Bowdon, one of the clerks of the signet. Bowdon John King. [The document that... dating from [? c. 1453] 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 8/343/16177
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1453]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Bowdon, one of the clerks of the signet.
- Name(s)
- Bowdon, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [The document that formerly bore this reference number was found to be the right-hand half of C 81/1478/43 and was transferred to be reattached to the left-hand portion found there on 24 August 1935].Bowdon requests the annual pension that the next abbot of Athelney will be obliged to give to one of your clerks at the king's nomination when the abbot is newly created, the pension not exceeding 40s a year.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Athelney, Somerset.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? c. 1453 based upon a possibly related grant to the petitioner of another benefice, perhaps in place of the request here (CPR 1452-61, p. 39).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For this document see no.43 in C 81/1478
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Unsorted Miscellanea (transferred 30 Oct. 1924).
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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, Hen VI, vol. VI, 1452-1461, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.39 (grant to the petitioner of the chapel of St Mary Holme within the water of Windermere)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736658/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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