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Thomas de Tyle, constable of Windsor Castle. de Tyle Thomas King and council. constable...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/169/8434

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Reference
SC 8/169/8434
Date
[1388-1390]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de Tyle, constable of Windsor Castle.
Name(s)
de Tyle, Thomas
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
constable of Windsor Castle
Nature of request
[The petition is partly illegible, and the request is not entirely clear].Tyle requests letters of warranty . . . as Tyle has received the goods and chattels of Burley [listed in detail] held in the Wardrobe from Hereward and Smale, but Hereward has kept in his keeping a great coffer and other items . . .
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Windsor Castle, [Berkshire].
People mentioned
Simon de Burley
John Hereward
Roger Smale, porter of the castle
John Salesbury (Salisbury).
Note
The petition is dated to 1388-1390 as it seems that the petition dates to after the fall and execution of Simon Burley in 1388 and the death of Tyle in 1390 (Bond, S., The Medieval Constables of Windsor Castle, (EHR, Vol.82, No.323 (Apr., 1967)), pp.225-249.). This dating would correspond with the preceding writ which dates to 20 May 1388 (SC 8/169/8433).
Related material

For the writ formerly enclosed with this petition, see SC 8/169/8433

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294281/

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