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John Mathewe Matthew, commissary of John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford. Mathewe Matthew...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/130/6460A

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Reference
SC 8/130/6460A
Date
[c. 1435]
Description
Petitioners
John Mathewe Matthew, commissary of John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford.
Name(s)
Mathewe Matthew, John
Occupation
commissary of John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford
Nature of request
Report of troubles at Portsmouth consequent upon the issue of a commission of inquiry there.
Nature of endorsement
[None.]
Places mentioned
Kent
Sussex
Hampshire
Portsmouth, [Hampshire].
People mentioned
John [of Lancaster], Duke of Bedford
Watkyn [Walter] Baker, bailiff of Portsmouth
Janyn Spynas, sergeant of Portsmouth.
Note
Datable by reference to the commission probably referred to in the petition (CPR 1429-36, p. 471).
Related material

For a schedule of names relating to this petition see SC 8/130/6460B

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6112
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. II, 1429-1436, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.471 (commission of inquiry probably referred to in petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208639/

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