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Walter de Skirlawe (Skirlaw), clerk, Keeper of the Privy Seal. de Skirlawe (Skirlaw)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/223/11137

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This record is about the Walter de Skirlawe (Skirlaw), clerk, Keeper of the Privy Seal. de Skirlawe (Skirlaw)... dating from [1382] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/223/11137
Date
[1382]
Description
Petitioners
Walter de Skirlawe (Skirlaw), clerk, Keeper of the Privy Seal.
Name(s)
de Skirlawe (Skirlaw), Walter
Addressees
King.
Occupation
clerk, Keeper of the Privy Seal
Nature of request
Walter de Skirlaw requests that a warrant be issued to the Treasurer to make payment to him of his wages as Keeper of the Privy Seal, as earlier keepers were allowed.
Nature of endorsement
[on face] The king wills it.Pole.
People mentioned
Chancellor of England
Treasurer of England
[Michael de la] Pole.
Note
An order to make payment to Skirlaw was issued on 21 October 1382.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1920), p.162 (order to make payment of these wages)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334697/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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