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Robert de Strangways (Strangeways), one of the esquires of the Earl of Westmorland....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/271/13520

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This record is about the Robert de Strangways (Strangeways), one of the esquires of the Earl of Westmorland.... dating from [1405] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/271/13520
Date
[1405]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Strangways (Strangeways), one of the esquires of the Earl of Westmorland.
Name(s)
de Strangways (Strangeways), Robert
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
[The petition is damaged and is missing a portion from the right-hand side of the document.]Strangways requests a grant of the office of porter of the castle of Carlisle for the term of his life, to have and occupy for him and his deputies for the wages of 4d a day, which office pertains to the king by the death of Blackburn.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
People mentioned
Earl of [Westmorland]
Robert de Blakburn (Blackburn).
Note
The petition dates to 1405 as the grant of the office to the petitioner and the order to the sheriff of Cumberland to pay the wages for the office both date to the 4 October 1405 (CPR 1405-8, p.85; CCR 1405-9, pp.1-2).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Hen IV, vol. III, 1405-1409, (Public Record Office, 1931), pp.1-2 (order to the sheriff of Cumberland to pay the petitioner the daily wages for the office)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. III, 1405-1408, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.85 (grant of the office to the petitioner)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517467/

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