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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert Cowton. Cowton Robert Chancellor. Cowton requests remedy as he was deputed...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/302/15075
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This record is about the Robert Cowton. Cowton Robert Chancellor. Cowton requests remedy as he was deputed... dating from [1432-1434] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/302/15075
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1432-1434]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Cowton.
- Name(s)
- Cowton, Robert
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- Cowton requests remedy as he was deputed to purvey victuals to the castle of Hammes, he has been maliciously prosecuted for trespass and deceit by Walpole who alleged he was John Bradle and had sold a bond to him in contempt of the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Hammes, [Calais, France]
- March of Picardy, [France]
- London
- York.
- People mentioned
- Richard de Rochefort, knight, captain of the castle of Hammes in the march of Picardy
- John Walpoll (Walpole) of London, draper
- John Bradle of York, merchant
- John Maryn, broker of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1432-1434 in accordance with the dating given on the guard. This is based on the address of the petition to the bishop of Bath and Wells as chancellor, John Stafford when bishop serving as chancellor from 1432 to 1443 when he was elevated to Canterbury, though remaining as chancellor until 1450; and also on a reference to Richard de Rochefort as captain of the castle of Ham which he held c. 1434 (CPR 1429-36, p.342). It cannot be later than 12 July 1434 when Ham was granted to the duke of Bedford (Carte, vol. II, p.282)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518279/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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