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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Pope, esquire Pope William Commons in parliament. Windsor, [Berkshire] Cold...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/26/1273
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This record is about the William Pope, esquire Pope William Commons in parliament. Windsor, [Berkshire] Cold... dating from [1432] 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 8/26/1273
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1432]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Pope, esquire
- Name(s)
- Pope, William
- Addressees
- Commons in parliament.
- Places mentioned
- Windsor, [Berkshire]
- Cold Kennington (Kempton), Middlesex.
- Nature of request
- Pope states that the king on 7 March 1428 granted to Pope the office of usher of the order of the Garter in the castle of Windsor with a house pertaining to the office in the castle, and also of carrying the staff before the king and his heirs in procession with wages to be taken from the manor of Kempton. However in the patents the grant is made during pleasure, and Pope requests that the commons request that the king grant the office to him for life.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be just as it is petitioned.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The title in Rot. Parl. Vol. IV, p.414 states this petition to be for 10 Henry VI (1431-2). The petition can be more precisely dated to 1432 as the grant of the office for life was made on 17 July 1432 (CPR 1429-36, p.207).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a similar petition by the same petitioner referring to an additional office of cyrographer see SC 8/26/1274
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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)
- Parliamentary Petition 6734
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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)
- French
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. II, 1429-1436, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.207 (grant to Pope for life of the office)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.418a-b (no.10) (edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061448/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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