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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Topclyf (Topcliff), sergeant-at-arms. Topclyf (Topcliff) John Commons of parliament....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/143/7116
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This record is about the John Topclyf (Topcliff), sergeant-at-arms. Topclyf (Topcliff) John Commons of parliament.... dating from [1416-1422] 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 8/143/7116
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1416-1422]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Topclyf (Topcliff), sergeant-at-arms.
- Name(s)
- Topclyf (Topcliff), John
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament.
- Occupation
- sergeant-at-arms
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged, and almost illegible.]John Topclyf, sergeant-at-arms, states that Henry IV granted him a ferry called Kexbiferie (Kexby Ferry) together with a messuage in Yorkshire, for term of life, which he held until the present Earl of Northumberland was restored, because it was part of his lordship, and that he has served the commons as sergeant-at-arms at every parliament for the last ten years, without any reward. He asks the commons to ask the King and lords to grant him £10 annually from the alnage of York and elsewhere in the county.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Kexby, [East Riding of] Yorkshire
- York.
- People mentioned
- Henry IV, King of England
- [Henry de Percy], Earl of Northumberland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition seems to date from the reign of Henry V, but after the restoration of Henry de Percy, Earl of Northumberland, in 1416. It clearly dates from a year after SC 8/144/7168.
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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 8/144/7168
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209296/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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