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Richard . . . Richard King. [The petition is very badly damaged, and is missing a...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/254/12683

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This record is about the Richard . . . Richard King. [The petition is very badly damaged, and is missing a... dating from [? 1401-? 1402] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/254/12683
Date
[? 1401-? 1402]
Description
Petitioners
Richard . . .
Name(s)
Richard
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
[The petition is very badly damaged, and is missing a substantial portion from its right-hand side, and much of what remains is obscured by staining. A guard note links this petition with either Richard Conyngeton or Richard de Ronhale, and the petition clearly refers to the church of Southwell. It is probably a request for the ratification of a prebend held in that church].
Nature of endorsement
[On face:]The King has granted . . .[On dorse, none].
Places mentioned
Southwell, [Nottinghamshire].
Note
The petition dates to? 1401-? 1402 based on a possible link between this petition and entries in the patent rolls (CPR 1399-1401, p.484; CPR 1401-5, p.91).
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, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1401, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.484 (grant of ratification of Richard Conyngeston in a prebend of Southwell)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.91 (grant of prebend in church of Southwell to Conyngeston)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440290/

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