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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 Pope states that the king...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/26/1274
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This record is about the William Pope, esquire Pope William Commons in parliament Pope states that the king... dating from [c. 1430] 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 8/26/1274
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1430]
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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
- 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. Pope requests that the letters patent be cancelled and new ones made for him granting the office for life, notwithstanding that the king has granted him the office of cyrographer in his Bench.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king is to be advised.
- Places mentioned
- Wyndesore (Windsor), [Berkshire]
- Cold Kennington (Kempton), Middlesex
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition probably predates SC 8/26/1273, so it must be before 1432. However it is unlikely to be much earlier, so perhaps c.1430 is not an unrealistic date, especially as the original grant was only made in 1428.
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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 not making mention of the office of cyrographer see SC 8/26/1273
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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 6728
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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 another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061449/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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