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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick Neville, Earl of Warwick Richard Commons in parliament...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/28/1392

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Reference
SC 8/28/1392
Date
[1455]
Description
Petitioners
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick
Name(s)
Neville, Earl of Warwick, Richard
Addressees
Commons in parliament
Nature of request
The earl states that it was agreed between him and the king that he would become captain of Calais and of the marches there from 4 August 1455. He has not been able to obtain possession and requests that he be discharged of any harm that should befall them before they are delivered to him.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] Soit baille as seigniers.[On dorse] Let it be as it is desired.
Places mentioned
Calais, [France]
People mentioned
Henry VI, King of England
Note
Dated to 1455 by the heading in Rot. Parl. vol. V, p.337 where this petition is noted as being of 33 Hen. VI.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8739
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.341b (no.22) (full transcription of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061577/

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