This brief document is a petition to Henry VI from the abbot and convent of Combe in Warwickshire. Unfortunately, we do not know what the petition was about, as it originally had another document with the details attached. However, it does give a good indication of the processes which took place in the chancery with this type of document, as the verso, or back, of the document is endorsed by the clerk of the council, indicating what action was taken in response to the petition. The recto, or front, shown here is the formal part of the petition. It is a single sheet of parchment, long and narrow as is usual with these documents. The petition on the recto is in French, while the endorsement on the back is in Latin.
The images on this and the text pages have been upgraded from scans of old photocopies to colour images derived from National Archives downloads. I'm not sure that this makes them more legible, but they look more authentic.
| overview | recto text | verso text | recto alphabet | verso alphabet |
| recto abbreviations | verso abbreviations | exercises |
| recto transcript | recto translation | verso transcript | verso translation |
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