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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Pynchebek (Pinchbeck), one of the chantry priests at All Hallows altar founded...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/330/E977
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This record is about the William Pynchebek (Pinchbeck), one of the chantry priests at All Hallows altar founded... dating from [1423-c. 1440] 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 8/330/E977
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1423-c. 1440]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Pynchebek (Pinchbeck), one of the chantry priests at All Hallows altar founded in the cathedral church of York.
- Name(s)
- Pynchebek (Pinchbeck), William
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- one of the chantry priests at All Hallows altar founded in the cathedral church of York
- Nature of request
- Pynchebek requests that Plompton and Ashwell be commanded to appear before the council at a day and place assigned to answer to his complaint, and thereupon to be further ordained as accords to right and good. He shows that Plompton and Ashwell have done wrong to him and Plompton has taken the profit from the church of Walton claiming the same by a lease which was not lawfully made, which church was appropriated to the chantry established by the late archbishop to provide for the priests to live and to bear the ordinary and extraordinary charges of the church.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- York
- Walton, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Henry Bowet, late Archbishop of York
- Edward Plompton, gentleman
- John Ashewelle (Ashwell), yeoman of the King's Chamber
- A. Saunson.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1423-c. 1440 in part on the basis of the hand, in part on the basis that the petition is in English, and in part because the petition is clearly after the death of Archbishop Bowet.
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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)
- English
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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/C9682972/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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