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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Topclyf (Topcliffe), serjeant at arms. Topclyf (Topcliffe) John Commons of parliament....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/144/7168
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This record is about the John Topclyf (Topcliffe), serjeant at arms. Topclyf (Topcliffe) 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 8/144/7168
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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 (Topcliffe), serjeant at arms.
- Name(s)
- Topclyf (Topcliffe), John
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament.
- Occupation
- serjeant at arms
- Nature of request
- John Topclyf, sergeant at arms, states that by the grant of the King's father he has occupied the office of serjeant for the commons at all the parliaments for nine years and more, without receiving any fee for this, although previous serjeants at arms have received £10. He asks the commons to ask the King, with the assent of his council, to grant him a fee of £10 annually for as long as he holds this office, to be received from the fee farm of the city of London.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] let it be sent to the lords.[None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- Henry [V], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition seems to be datable to a year before SC 8/143/7116, which seems to be datable to 1416-1422.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.38 of PRO 31/7/116
For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/254/12681
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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/C9209349/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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