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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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This record is about the John Watford, sergeant-at-arms. Watford John King. sergeant-at-arms John Watford,... dating from [? c. 1445] 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 8/150/7462
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1445]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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.
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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)
- English
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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)
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- 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)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209647/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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