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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Waltham, Keeper of the rolls of Chancery. de Waltham John King. Keeper of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/197/9809
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This record is about the John de Waltham, Keeper of the rolls of Chancery. de Waltham John King. Keeper of... dating from 1383 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 8/197/9809
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1383
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Waltham, Keeper of the rolls of Chancery.
- Name(s)
- de Waltham, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Keeper of the rolls of Chancery
- Nature of request
- John de Waltham asks that, with the assent of the Abbot and convent of Westminster, he might have custody of the manor of Doddington in Lincolnshire, held of the abbey of Westminster by knight service, and in the King's hand because of the death of John Pygot and Elizabeth his wife and the minority of their heir, and because the temporalities of the abbey are in the King's hand, and that he might also have the marriage of the heir without disparagement, and of each heir until one comes of age, without paying anything for this, in aid of the expenses of his office.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] This bill was granted by the King at Westminster on 28 November in the seventh year of his reign, and afterwards on 30 November in the same year John Scarle, one of the clerks of the King's Chancery, . . . sent by the Chancellor to the Abbot and convent of Westminster to more fully know their intention concerning the contents of the petition, reported orally that the Abbot and convent unanimously assented to everything contained in the petition. [None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- Westminster
- Doddington, Lincolnshire.
- People mentioned
- Abbot and convent of Westminster
- John Pygot, knight
- Elizabeth [Pygot], wife of John Pygot
- John Scarle, Chancery clerk.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The endorsement is dated 28 and 30 November, 7 Richard II (1383). CPR 1381-5 p.340 is dated 30 November 1383.
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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)
- French
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.340 (grant of custody of the manor of Doddington to the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295697/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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