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William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester, John Beaumont, Viscount Beaumont, Ralph...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/251/12535

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This record is about the William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester, John Beaumont, Viscount Beaumont, Ralph... dating from [1453] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/251/12535
Date
[1453]
Description
Petitioners
William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester, John Beaumont, Viscount Beaumont, Ralph Cromwell, Lord Cromwell, John Perche, John Belle, priest, John Smyth, merchant, and William Coote (Cote), gentleman.
Name(s)
Waynflete; Beaumont, Viscount Beaumont; Cromwell, Lord Cromwell; Perche; Belle; Smyth; Coote (Cote), William; John; Ralph; John; John; John; William
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Bishop of Winchester; priest; merchant
Nature of request
The petitioners request letters allowing the incorporation of a guild to the Virgin Mary in the parish church of Coningsby which they have founded, according to the tenor of the attached schedule.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Coningsby, Lincolnshire.
People mentioned
Eugene IV, Pope.
Note
The requested grant was issued on 20 August 1453.
Related material

For the schedule formerly attached to this petition, giving a draft copy of the requested charter, see no.35 of C 81/1463

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. VI, 1452-1461, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.104 (requested grant)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440141/

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