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Simon Flete, late keeper of the jewels of Henry IV. Flete Simon Commons assembled...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/111/5527

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Reference
SC 8/111/5527
Date
[? 1428]
Description
Petitioners
Simon Flete, late keeper of the jewels of Henry IV.
Name(s)
Flete, Simon
Addressees
Commons assembled in the present parliament.
Occupation
keeper of the jewels of Henry IV
Nature of request
Flete requests payment of his fee from when he was keeper of the jewels of Henry IV for without payment he will be unable to pay his ransom as he has been captured by the king's enemies and rebels.
Nature of endorsement
[On face].Let this bill be sent to the lords.[On dorse, none].
Places mentioned
Pontoise, [France]
Harfleur, [Normandy, France].
People mentioned
[John of Lancaster], Duke of Bedford, Regent of France.
Note
The petition is speculatively dated to? 1428 based on the dating attribution in the guard note, though no evidence to support this is given.
Related material

For transcript, see no.18 of PRO 31/7/116

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3458
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150193/

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