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Robert de Selby of Hull. de Selby Robert King. Selby requests that he be granted...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/226/11272

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Reference
SC 8/226/11272
Date
[1385]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Selby of Hull.
Name(s)
de Selby, Robert
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Selby requests that he be granted the office of lieutenant of the king's chief butler in Kingston-upon-Hull so that he answers to the butler, and that he not be removed from the office, he having occupied the office previously for 20 years without renewal.
Nature of endorsement
[On face:]The king has granted this at the request of his kinsman of Nottingham.[On dorse, none].
Places mentioned
Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
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. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.529 (grant of the office to the petitioner)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334832/

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