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John Peytevyn (Poitevin). Peytevyn (Poitevin) John King. Peytevyn requests a grant...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/176/8770

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This record is about the John Peytevyn (Poitevin). Peytevyn (Poitevin) John King. Peytevyn requests a grant... dating from [c. 1394] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/176/8770
Date
[c. 1394]
Description
Petitioners
John Peytevyn (Poitevin).
Name(s)
Peytevyn (Poitevin), John
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Peytevyn requests a grant of the bailiwick of Sandwich for life rendering £20 for the farm of the same, and he requests that he may have a deputy and that the patents to Ellis for the farm of the same bailiwick might be annulled.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Sandwich, [Kent].
People mentioned
Thomas Elys (Ellis) of Sandwich.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1394 because a remission of half of the rents for the bailiwick was granted to the petition, and it seems that this was not too long after the original grant (CPR 1391-6, p.505).
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, Ric II, vol. V, 1391-1396, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.505 (remission of part of the rent of the office to the petitioner)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294638/

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