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John Talbot, knight Talbot John King The petitioner requests confirmation of his...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/27/1345A

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Reference
SC 8/27/1345A
Date
[1449]
Description
Petitioners
John Talbot, knight
Name(s)
Talbot, John
Addressees
King
Nature of request
The petitioner requests confirmation of his status as chancellor of Ireland as a result of a dispute with Fitz Gerot.
Nature of endorsement
The king wills and grants it.
People mentioned
John [Talbot], Earl of Shrewsbury, father of the petitioner
Chancellor of Ireland
Lieutenant of Ireland
Thomas Fitz Gerot (Fitz Gerard)
Note
Firmly dated by reference to Rot. Parl. Vol. V, pp. 166-7.
Related material

For the letters patent referred to in the petition see SC 8/27/1345B

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8131
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. V, 1446-1452, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.167 (appointment of Fitz Gerot to the chancellorship in 1448)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.166b-167b (no. 13) (full edition of petition and endorsement)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061524/

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