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John de Langham, burgess of King's Lynn. de Langham John Chancellor. The petition...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/298/14863

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SC 8/298/14863
Date
[1362-? c. 1380]
Description
Petitioners
John de Langham, burgess of King's Lynn.
Name(s)
de Langham, John
Addressees
Chancellor.
Nature of request
The petition requests a commission for John de Langham, burgess of King's Lynn, whom William Hervy, King's alnager of cloth for sale throughout England, has made his deputy in the county of Norfolk, to last at the pleasure of the said William Hervy.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] By the said William Hervy.[None on dorse]
Places mentioned
King's Lynn, [Norfolk]
Norfolk.
People mentioned
William Hervy, King's alnager of cloth.
Note
CPR 1361-4 p.235 is dated 29 June 1362, and William Hervy was still alnager on 4 November 1376 (CPR 1374-7, p.371).
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, Edw III, vol. XII, 1361-1364, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.235 (grant for life to William Hervy of the office of alnager of woollen cloth for sale in England)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518066/

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