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Gilbert Par, esquire Par Gilbert King 1) Par states that he has the grant of the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/28/1384

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Reference
SC 8/28/1384
Date
[1455]
Description
Petitioners
Gilbert Par, esquire
Name(s)
Par, Gilbert
Addressees
King
Nature of request
1) Par states that he has the grant of the office of constable of Berkhamsted castle with wages, and of keeper of the privy Wardrobe in the Tower of London with wages, and for the long service by him and his wife to Henry V, Queen Joan and Henry VI they were granted two annuities of £10 and 50 marks. He requests provision be made for them in the act of resumption in the manner and form of the draft.2) Clause for inclusion in the act of resumption, that the act is not prejudicial to the grant made to Par.
Nature of endorsement
The king by the advice of the lords spiritual and temporal agrees that Par have the offices and the £10 for his life specified in the bill, the 50 mark grant to his wife being resumed.
Places mentioned
Berkhamsted, [Hertfordshire]
London
Winchester, [Hampshire]
Middlesex
People mentioned
Wynslowe Dorsteynour, knight
Agnes [Par], wife of the petitioner
Note
Dated by the heading in Rot. Parl. vol. V, p.278 making this from the parliament at Westminster in 33 Hen. VI (1455).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6741
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.319a-b (variation of the draft proviso in the act of resumption amended in accordance with the endorsement to the petition)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061569/

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