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William Bate, clerk. Bate William King and lords of parliament. clerk [This petition...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/95/4744

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Reference
SC 8/95/4744
Date
[c. 1404]
Description
Petitioners
William Bate, clerk.
Name(s)
Bate, William
Addressees
King and lords of parliament.
Occupation
clerk
Nature of request
[This petition is badly damaged and largely illegible.]William Bate, clerk, states that he was presented to his church by Richard II, and then wrongly expelled as a result of the suggestions of John Nottingham, clerk. He asks that he might be put back in possession.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
People mentioned
Richard [II], King of England
John Nottingham, clerk.
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1404-5, with no explanation given. This is however, consistent with the hand.
Related material

For transcript, see no.18 of PRO 31/7/113

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 942
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149306/

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