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Robert de Swynhowe. de Swynhowe Robert King. Robert de Swynhowe requests all the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/255/12717

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This record is about the Robert de Swynhowe. de Swynhowe Robert King. Robert de Swynhowe requests all the... dating from [1405] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/255/12717
Date
[1405]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Swynhowe.
Name(s)
de Swynhowe, Robert
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Robert de Swynhowe requests all the lands, tenements, rents and services which belonged to Henry de Percy, Earl of Northumberland, in the vill of Rennington in Northumberland, which have come into the King's hands because of the Earl's forfeiture, to hold for term of life, without paying anything for them, in place of an annuity of 20 marks which he receives from the customs officers of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] This bill was granted by the King.[None on dorse]
Places mentioned
Rennington, Northumberland
Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland].
People mentioned
Henry de Percy, Earl of Northumberland.
Note
CPR 1405-8 p.70 is dated 16 July 1405, and would seem to be 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. III, 1405-1408, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.70 (grant of these lands to the petitioner for life, paying any surplus beyond 20 marks at the Exchequer)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440324/

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