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John Watford, sergeant-at-arms. Watford John King. sergeant-at-arms John Watford,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/150/7462

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Reference
SC 8/150/7462
Date
[? c. 1445]
Description
Petitioners
John Watford, sergeant-at-arms.
Name(s)
Watford, John
Addressees
King.
Occupation
sergeant-at-arms
Nature of request
John Watford, sergeant-at-arms, asks that for his long service to the King, his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, he might keep his wages and clothing from the hands of the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, even though he is old, and is becoming blind and infirm.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] At the command of the Lord Cardinal.This bill is thought reasonable by the lords and is passed by them.[On dorse] Let it be given to the clerk of parliament.
Places mentioned
Dawevrsy beside Edinburgh [unidentified], Scotland
Edinburgh, [Midlothian], Scotland
Wales
Calais, [France]
Marke (Marck), [Artois, France]
France
Normandy, [France]
Middlesex
London.
People mentioned
[John of Gaunt], Duke of Lancaster
Henry IV, King of England
[Henry Beaufort], Cardinal [Bishop of Winchester]
Owen of Glendore (Glyndwr)
[John Beaufort], Earl of Somerset
[Henry V], King of England.
Note
CPR 1436-41 p.220 is dated 13 November 1438, and CPR 1441-6 p.262 is dated 17 May 1444. The petitioner was clearly still alive in 1450, as Rot. Parl. vol. V p.187 shows, by which time, if he grew up in John of Gaunt's household (and was present with Somerset at Marck in 1405), he must have been at least 60. If this petition was presented by the Cardinal, however, it must date from before his death in 1447.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. III, 1436-1441, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.220 (grant to the petitioner of clothes and wages as a sergeant-at-arms)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. IV, 1441-1446, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.262 (similar grant)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.187b (exemption of petitioner from 1450 act of resumption)
Record URL
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