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George Neville, Archbishop of York, Chancellor of England, Ralph Boteler (Butler),...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/255/12737

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Reference
SC 8/255/12737
Date
[1466]
Description
Petitioners
George Neville, Archbishop of York, Chancellor of England, Ralph Boteler (Butler), knight, Maurice Geffrey (Geoffrey), clerk, Richard Quartermayns, esquire, Thomas Stonour, esquire, Richard Foweler (Fowler), William Newenham, esquire.
Name(s)
Neville; Boteler (Butler); Geffrey (Geoffrey); Quartermayns; Stonour; Foweler (Fowler); Newenham, George; Ralph; Maurice; Richard; Thomas; Richard; William
Addressees
King [no more visible].
Occupation
Archbishop of York, Chancellor of England; clerk
Nature of request
[This petition is almost entirely illegible.]The petitioners request [letters patent], for which they give the form.[From the similarity of those names that are legible, these would appear to be giving permission to enfeoff Guy Fairfax, serjeant-at-law, John Catesby, serjeant-at-law, Richard Pygot, serjeant-at-law, Henry Sotehill, John Estbury, esquire, and Robert Strangboue of the manor of Walkern, Hertfordshire, for the term of the life of Thomas Proute, esquire, as found in CPR 1461-7 p.538.]
Nature of endorsement
[On face] . . . at Westminster to be put into execution.[None on dorse]
Places mentioned
Westminster.
People mentioned
Guy [Fairfax], sergeant-at-law
John Catesby, sergeant-at-law
Richard [Pygot, sergeant-at-law]
Thomas Proute, esquire.
Note
CPR 1461-7 p.538 is dated 22 November 1466, and from the similarity of the content with what is legible of this petition, would appear to be in response to it.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw IV, 1461-1467, (Public Record Office, 1897), p.538 (permission to the petitioners to enfeoff Guy Fairfax, serjeant-at-law, John Catesby, serjeant-at-law, Richard Pygot, serjeant-at-law, Henry Sotehill, John Estbury, esquire, and Robert Strangboue of the manor of Walkern, Hertfordshire, for the term of the life of Thomas Proute, esquire)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440344/

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