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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Tirwhit (Tyrwhitt), knight, former sheriff of Yorkshire. Tirwhit (Tyrwhitt)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/181/9007
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This record is about the William Tirwhit (Tyrwhitt), knight, former sheriff of Yorkshire. Tirwhit (Tyrwhitt)... dating from [1437] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/181/9007
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1437]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Tirwhit (Tyrwhitt), knight, former sheriff of Yorkshire.
- Name(s)
- Tirwhit (Tyrwhitt), William
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- sheriff of Yorkshire
- Nature of request
- William Tirwhit, late sheriff of Yorkshire, asks that he be pardoned £140 from his account as sheriff. His predecessors have traditionally been pardoned £80 from their account, but, along with all the usual expenses and burdens, he has had to bear the cost of transporting soldiers to Scotland, and collecting the recent subsidy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] Delivered by the Duke of Gloucester, 12 February.
- Places mentioned
- Yorkshire
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- [Humphrey of Lancaster], Duke of Gloucester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- William Tirwhit served as sheriff of Yorkshire in 1435-6, and the date of 12 February noted on the face presumably refers to 1437, during the Hilary parliament of that year and when Tirwhit's account was presumably being rendered. The subsidy concerned was that granted in December 1435, which, unlike standard fifteenths and tenths, was administered by the sheriff, and an array had been called in the north in June 1436 (Bain, Cal. Docs. Scot., IV, no.1095).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294884/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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