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John de Walpole, goldsmith of London. de Walpole John King and council. goldsmith...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/152/7567

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This record is about the John de Walpole, goldsmith of London. de Walpole John King and council. goldsmith... dating from [c. 1334] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/152/7567
Date
[c. 1334]
Description
Petitioners
John de Walpole, goldsmith of London.
Name(s)
de Walpole, John
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
goldsmith of London
Nature of request
Walpole requests a remedy so that he is not disinherited as he has long sued in the court of London against Walpole and others for . . . and 2 shops in Friday Street but the case has been long delayed because the mayor has taken the property into the king's hand.
Nature of endorsement
He should have a writ to the mayor of London to certify in Chancery the cause of the taking of the tenements into the king's hand.
Places mentioned
London
St Margaret Moses, Friday Street, London
Friday Street, London.
People mentioned
Thomas de Walpole, goldsmith of London
John de Coteford
Thomas . . .
Note
The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1334 as references in the patent rolls, though possibly not directly related suggest that the petition is of around this date (CPR 1330-4, p.524; CPR 1334-8, pp.116, 248, 259).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.524 (grant to Thomas de Walpol of houses in Friday Street late of another Thomas de Walpol)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), pp.116, 248, 259 (grants to Henry Wyssh of a messuage late of Thomas de Walpol in Friday Street, and a confirmation of a grant by Wyssh of the same)
Record URL
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