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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Matthew Swetenham (Swettenham), valet of the King's chamber. Swetenham (Swettenham)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/141/7040
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This record is about the Matthew Swetenham (Swettenham), valet of the King's chamber. Swetenham (Swettenham)... dating from [1405] 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 8/141/7040
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1405]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Matthew Swetenham (Swettenham), valet of the King's chamber.
- Name(s)
- Swetenham (Swettenham), Matthew
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- valet of the King's chamber
- Nature of request
- Matthew Swetenham, valet of the King's chamber, asks that he might be given the offices of Bailiff of the Archdiocese of York for Beverley, and parker of the park there, forfeited to the King through the rebellion of Richard, Archbishop of York, to hold for term of life.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- York archdiocese
- Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Richard [le Scrope], Archbishop of York.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1405-8 p.18 is dated 7 June 1405, and is clearly in response to this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/184/9155
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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. III, 1405-1408, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.18 (grant of these offices to the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209177/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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