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Richard Plantagenet, duke of York; Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick; lords, knights,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/153/7628

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This record is about the Richard Plantagenet, duke of York; Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick; lords, knights,... dating from [? 1437] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/153/7628
Date
[? 1437]
Description
Petitioners
Richard Plantagenet, duke of York; Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick; lords, knights, esquires, yeomen and other officers and servants of the Household.
Name(s)
Plantagenet, duke of York; Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, Richard; Richard
Addressees
Commons of the present parliament.
Nature of request
The petitioners request payment of the wages due to them for their war service, and if they cannot be paid then an assignment be made to Hotoft so he can settle with them.
Nature of endorsement
[On face].3) By the chancellor, 2 March.4) Let this bill be sent to the lords.[On dorse, none].
People mentioned
John Hotoft, treasurer of war
[John of Lancaster], duke of Bedford.
Note
The petition is dated to? 1437 on the basis of the guard note dating. This notes the mention in the petition of the death of the duke of Bedford (Sept. 1435). The petition seems to be contemporary with SC 8/153/7627.
Related material

For the list of names of those owed wages, see SC 8/153/7629

For transcript, see no.46A of PRO 31/7/118

For a similar and probably contemporary petition, see SC 8/153/7627

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209817/

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