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John Coventre (Coventry), executor of the will of Richard Whittington; John Carpenter,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/26/1255

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Reference
SC 8/26/1255
Date
[1432]
Description
Petitioners
John Coventre (Coventry), executor of the will of Richard Whittington; John Carpenter, executor of the will of Richard Whittington; William Grove, executor of the will of Richard Whittington.
Name(s)
Coventre (Coventry); Whittington; Carpenter; Whittington; Grove; Whittington, John; Richard; John; Richard; William; Richard
Addressees
King
Nature of request
The executors request that the king confirm all and singular the letters, licences, writings, gifts concerning the foundation of a college of 5 chaplains celebrating divine mass daily for the soul of Whittington and others, and of an alms house next to the church for thirteen paupers.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be just as it is petitioned.
Places mentioned
London
People mentioned
Richard Whityngton (Whittington), citizen and mercer of London
Henry [Chichele], Archbishop of Canterbury
Prior and chapter of Christchurch, Canterbury.
Note
Dated by the heading in Rot. Parl. IV, p.388 which makes this a petition in the parliament held at Westminster on 12 May 10 Henry VI (1432). This date is confirmed by the issuing of an inspeximus and confirmation on the same day (CPR 1429-36::pp.214-17).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2343
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. I, 1422-1429 , (Public Record Office, 1901), p.259 (licence for the executors to found the college)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. II, 1429-1436, (Public Record Office, 1907), pp.214-17 (inspeximus and confirmation of numerous documents relating to the foundation of the Whittington College)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.392b-393a (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061429/

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