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Commons. [King.] To meet the late king's debts due to divers persons in the office...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/132/6583

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Reference
SC 8/132/6583
Date
[1433]
Description
Petitioners
Commons.
Addressees
[King.]
Nature of request
To meet the late king's debts due to divers persons in the office of clerk of the Ordnance, certain persons enfeoffed in divers castles, lordships, etc, in England and the March of Wales should have authority to take and receive certain sums of money to pay the said debts.
Places mentioned
England
Wales.
People mentioned
Clerk of the Ordnance
[Henry V], King of England
Henry [Chichele], Archbishop of Canterbury.
Note
Firmly datable by reference to Rot. Parl., vol. IV, p. 455 (no. 65); see also Rees, Petitions Relating to Wales, p. 225.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.225 (summary of document with references)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.455 (no.65) (transcription on parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208764/

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