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William Dalby of Oakham. Dalby William King. Dalby requests a licence to purchase...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/229/11445

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This record is about the William Dalby of Oakham. Dalby William King. Dalby requests a licence to purchase... dating from [1404] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/229/11445
Date
[1404]
Description
Petitioners
William Dalby of Oakham.
Name(s)
Dalby, William
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Dalby requests a licence to purchase £20 of land or rent or an annuity to augment the endowment of the hospital which he has founded at Oakham for 2 chaplains and 12 poor men and dedicated to St John the Evangelist and St Anne. He further requests that they may appropriate their churches.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Oakham, [Rutland]
Exton, [Rutland].
Note
The petition dates to 1404 as a licence was granted on 13 December 1404 (CPR 1401-5, p.477).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Chancery Files 498.
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.477 (grant of licence to the petitioner)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335004/

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