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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mayor and commonalty of Launceston. [Not specified]. [The petition is damaged, and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/345/E1347
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This record is about the Mayor and commonalty of Launceston. [Not specified]. [The petition is damaged, and... dating from [? c. 1462] 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 8/345/E1347
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1462]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor and commonalty of Launceston.
- Addressees
- [Not specified].
- Nature of request
- [The petition is damaged, and missing a portion from its entire right-hand side, and from much of the bottom, so that the full sense of the complaints is not clear].The mayor and commonalty state that the king ratified and confirmed their liberties by his letters patent, and [? request] a further ratification and confirmation. They also make complaints against the sheriffs and the breaking of their liberty [? possibly a reference to the breaking of the seal of their liberty].
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Douneheved (Launceston), Cornwall
- Lostwithiel, [Cornwall].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? c. 1462 on the basis of an inspeximus and confirmation granted to the burgesses of Launceston on 7 September 1462 (CPR 1461-7, p. 244). The contents of the petition seem to indicate that the inspeximus was not in response to this petition, so that it seems likely that it is a little later.
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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)
- Unsorted Miscellanea of the Exchequer (transferred July 1932).
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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.244 (Inspeximus and confirmation of various letters patent granted to the burgesses of Launceston)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736768/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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