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Alice Clifton, wife of Robert Clifton; Margery Hastynges (Hastings), daughter of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/308/15353

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Reference
SC 8/308/15353
Date
[1436-1446]
Description
Petitioners
Alice Clifton, wife of Robert Clifton; Margery Hastynges (Hastings), daughter of Robert Clifton; Thomas Clifton, son of Robert Clifton.
Name(s)
Clifton; Hastynges (Hastings); Clifton, Alice; Margery; Thomas
Addressees
Duke of Gloucester.
Nature of request
Alice the wife, Margery the daughter and Thomas the son of Robert Clifton request that the Duke of Gloucester recommend to the King their attached request for the delivery of Robert Clifton.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
People mentioned
[Humphrey of Lancaster], Duke of Gloucester
Robert Clyfton (Clifton), knight.
Note
Dated on the guard to 1437-46 since it is addressed to the Duke of Gloucester apparently after the end of Henry VI's minority; Robert Clifton was dead by July 1446 (CPR 1441-6, p. 494).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. IV, 1441-1446, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.494 (pardon to executors of Robert Clifton's will)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9528950/

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