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Petitioners

Ralph Wadeswyk, esquire.

Name(s)

Wadeswyk, Ralph

Addressees

Commons of parliament.

Nature of request

Ralph Wadeswyk, esquire, states that for his good service to the King and his father, he was made Comptroller of the customs at Bristol, and that he occupied that office until he was expelled by Lord Hungerford, Treasurer of England. Lord Hungerford then granted him the office of Comptroller of the port of Yarmouth, which he held until he was expelled. He was also granted the office of Constable of Scarborough castle, and again this was taken from him. He asks the commons to ask the King and council to grant him another office, or some other suitable reward.

Nature of endorsement

[On face] let it be sent to the lords.[None on dorse]

Places mentioned

France

Bristol

Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk]

Scarborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire].

People mentioned

Seigneur de Offemont

[Henry V], King of England

[Walter Hungerford], Lord Hungerford, Treasurer of England

[John Holand, Earl of] Huntingdon.

For an earlier related petition, see SC 8/147/7349

For transcript, see no.58 of PRO 31/7/118