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Maikyn (Matthew) de Penketh, esquire. de Penketh Maikyn (Matthew) King. Maikyn de...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/186/9286

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This record is about the Maikyn (Matthew) de Penketh, esquire. de Penketh Maikyn (Matthew) King. Maikyn de... dating from [c. 1405] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/186/9286
Date
[c. 1405]
Description
Petitioners
Maikyn (Matthew) de Penketh, esquire.
Name(s)
de Penketh, Maikyn (Matthew)
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Maikyn de Penketh requests that he be paid the arrears of his grant of 12d per day, except for the coming year, according to the ordinance made at the last parliament at Coventry.
Nature of endorsement
[on face] The king has granted this.
Places mentioned
Coventry, [Warwickshire].
People mentioned
[John Beaufort], Earl of Somerset.
Note
The petitioner is almost certainly the Matthew Penketh granted 12d a day on 13 June 1402. From the reference to the Coventry parliament, the petition presumably dates to the months after that gathering, held in October 1404, which suspended payment of royal annuities for a year.
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, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.99 (grant of 12d a day to Matthew Penketh)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295164/

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