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John Catesby, clerk and Roger Albrighton, clerk. Catesby; Albrighton John; Roger...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/186/9255

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Reference
SC 8/186/9255
Date
[1391-c. 1400]
Description
Petitioners
John Catesby, clerk and Roger Albrighton, clerk.
Name(s)
Catesby; Albrighton, John; Roger
Addressees
King.
Occupation
clerk
Nature of request
John Catesby, keeper of the free chapel of St Margaret in Chelmsford, and Roger Albrighton, prebendary of Congreve in the free chapel and college of Penkridge, request that the king grant letters of collation assenting to the transfer of the prebend to Catesby.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Cheolmsford, [Essex]
Congreve, [Staffordshire]
Penkridge, [Staffordshire].
Note
Catesby was ratified as parson of Chelmsford on 1 June 1390, and Albrighton as prebendary of Congreve on16 April 1391. Presumably the petition dates to some point after the latter date.
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. IV, 1388-1392, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.256 (ratification of Catesby as parson of Chelmsford) & p.389 (ratification of Albrighton as prebendary of Congreve)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295133/

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