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Robert Swynhowe, esquire. Swynhowe Robert King. Robert Swynhowe asks the King to...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/255/12704

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Reference
SC 8/255/12704
Date
[1400]
Description
Petitioners
Robert Swynhowe, esquire.
Name(s)
Swynhowe, Robert
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Robert Swynhowe asks the King to grant him 20 marks annually for term of his life from the hands of the customs officers of Newcastle upon Tyne for the service which he will do the King to the best of his ability.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] This bill was granted by the King.[None on dorse]
Places mentioned
Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland].
Note
CPR 1399-1401 p.358 is dated 3 September 1400, and is clearly in response to this petition.
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.358 (grant of this sum to the petitioner as requested)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440311/

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