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? No Petitioner named Signet seal warrant [of Henry IV] to the chancellor referring...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/273/13642

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Signet seal warrant [of Henry IV] to the chancellor referring... dating from [1402] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/273/13642
Date
[1402]
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Signet seal warrant [of Henry IV] to the chancellor referring to a petition given to the king by Braunche and commanding the chancellor to issue a commission and to continue the plea concerning the advowson of the church of Beeston until the king is otherwise informed of his right by the commission.
Nature of endorsement
[On face:]Depar le Roi.[On dorse:]To the bishop of Exeter the chancellor.
Places mentioned
Beston bee syde the See (Beeston Regis), [Norfolk]
Eltham, [Kent].
People mentioned
[Henry IV,] King of England
[Edmund Stafford], Bishop of Exeter, chancellor
Piers Braunche, chaplain
Thomas Skelton, knight
Nicholas Wychyngham (Witchingham)
Edmund Oldhalle (Oldhall)
Simon Barett (Barrett).
Note
The warrant dates to 1402 as the commission was issued on 1 December 1402 (CPR 1401-5, p.198).
Related material

For the petition with which this signet seal warrant was formerly enclosed, see SC 8/273/13643

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. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.198 (commission in accordance with the warrant)
  • Calendar of Signet Letters of Henry IV and Henry V (1399-1422), ed. J.L. Kirby, (English Historical Review, LII, pp. 467-, 1978), p.38 (no.86) (edition of document)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517589/

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