Catalogue description Petitioners: John Witters, also known as John Haukyn, taverner of Lincoln. ...

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Details of SC 8/86/4269
Reference: SC 8/86/4269
Description:
Petitioners: John Witters, also known as John Haukyn, taverner of Lincoln.
Name(s): Witters; Haukyn, John; John
Addressees: King and council.
Places mentioned: Lincoln, [Lincolnshire]
Nature of request: The petitioner states that he has lived in England for twenty-four years, and intends to continue living there for the rest of his life, and requests that the commons ask the King and lords in parliament to grant, by authority of parliament, that the petitioner and the heirs of his body might become denizens, and treated in all things as the King's true lieges born in England.
Nature of endorsement: [On face] Let it be sent to the lords.[On dorse] The King wills it, provided that he pays the King customs, subsidies and other dues as a foreigner.
Note: Dated on the guard to '? c. 1432', with reference to SC 8/148/7351 and SC 8/85/4224, which is however, tentatively dated to c. 1426. There do seem to be a spate of these petitions in the early years of Henry VI: SC 8/85/4227, SC 8/85/4230 and SC 8/85/4242 are other examples. Whatever its date, this petition seems to be contemporary with SC 8/148/7351, and presented ten years before SC 8/150/7492: perhaps the best estimate would be to date this petition to c. 1422-c. 1430 and SC 8/150/7492 to c. 1432-c. 1440.
Date: [c. 1422-c. 1430]
Related material:

For a related petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/150/7492

For a duplicate of this petition without endorsement, see SC 8/148/7351
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: Parliamentary Petition 8601
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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