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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Cobham. de Cobham John The King. The petitioner seeks permission to employ...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/100/4983
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This record is about the John de Cobham. de Cobham John The King. The petitioner seeks permission to employ... dating from [1400] 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 8/100/4983
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1400]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Cobham.
- Name(s)
- de Cobham, John
- Addressees
- The King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks permission to employ Mapilton and Wissyngsete as his general attorneys in chancery to gain or lose in his absence and in all other courts and laws within England, and that the said attorneys have the power to appoint other attorneys of all the aforesaid courts.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face]1) The king to grant.2) This petition is granted by the king and sent to chancery to be enforced by Thomas Erpingham.
- Places mentioned
- England.
- People mentioned
- John Mapilton
- John de Wissyngsete
- Thomas Erpingham.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Firmly datable by reference to CPR 1399-1401, p. 225.
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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 1790
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1401, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.225 (resulting licence)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149550/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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