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Giles Seynclowe (Seyntlowe, St Lowe), esquire, Bailiff of the water of Wiggenhall,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/141/7021

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This record is about the Giles Seynclowe (Seyntlowe, St Lowe), esquire, Bailiff of the water of Wiggenhall,... dating from [1455] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/141/7021
Date
[1455]
Description
Petitioners
Giles Seynclowe (Seyntlowe, St Lowe), esquire, Bailiff of the water of Wiggenhall, Gauger of Lynn and Yarmouth and Usher of the Queen's Chamber.
Name(s)
Seynclowe (Seyntlowe, St Lowe), Giles
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Bailiff of the water of Wiggenhall, Gauger of Lynn and Yarmouth and Usher of the Queen's Chamber
Nature of request
Giles Seynclowe, esquire, requests an exemption from the current act of resumption for various grants made to him.
Nature of endorsement
The King, by the advice of the lords etc. has agreed the proviso with regard to the offices during the life of the said Giles and not of his wife, with the fees and wages due and accustomed to the offices of old; and the other things in the proviso are to be resumed.
Places mentioned
France
Normandy, [France]
Wiggenhall, Norfolk
King's Lynn, [Norfolk]
Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk]
Cornwall.
People mentioned
[Margaret of Anjou], Queen of England
[Henry V], King of England
Henry Noone, knight, Gauger of Lynn and Yarmouth
Stephen Frenssh (French)
Edith [Seynclowe (Seyntlowe, St Lowe)], wife of petitioner.
Note
The proviso requested by this petition, modified in accordance with the endorsement, is enrolled on the roll of the parliament of 1455 (Rot. Parl. vol. V, p.312b).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.312b (enrolment of proviso on parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209158/

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