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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Farendon (Faryngdon, Faringdon), knight, Constable of Bordeaux. Farendon...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/290/14488
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/290/14488
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1410
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Farendon (Faryngdon, Faringdon), knight, Constable of Bordeaux.
- Name(s)
- Farendon (Faryngdon, Faringdon), William
- Addressees
- Council.
- Occupation
- Constable of Bordeaux
- Nature of request
- [The ends of the lines of this petition are illegible] William Farendon, Constable of Bordeaux, petitions concerning accusations of corruption in the office of Constable of Bordeaux, concerning his former lieutenant, John Mitford, and Simon Sproteley, lieutenant of the comptroller of Bordeaux. He requests letters patent to arrest them, and to render their accounts before the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer in London, and that William Hunt, English sergeant-at-arms, might be assigned to go with him to arrest John and Simon, as they will otherwise obey no command.
- Nature of endorsement
- On 24 July in the eleventh year etc. at Westminster, present in the council there my lord the Prince, the Bishops of Bath and of St David's, the Earls of Arundel and of Warwick, the Chancellor, the Treasurer, Lord Burnell, and the Keeper of the Privy Seal, it was agreed that a commission should be issued under the great seal to the William Hunt mentioned here, to arrest John de Mitford mentioned here and John his son, and to bring them into the king's presence to render account before the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer for the time when they had the receipt of the king's money under William Farendon, formerly Constable of Bordeaux. And a writ should be sent to the Simon Sproteley mentioned here to cross the sea to attest to the truth concerning the aforesaid account.
- Places mentioned
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
- Guyenne, [France]
- London
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- John Mitford, lieutenant of the Constable of Bordeaux
- Simon Sproteley (Sproatley), lieutenant of the comptroller of Bordeaux
- William Hunt, sergeant-at-arms
- [Henry of Monmouth], Prince of Wales
- [Nicholas Bubwith], Bishop of Bath [and Wells]
- [Henry Chichele], Bishop of St David's
- [Thomas Fitz Alan], Earl of Arundel (Earl of Surrey)
- [Richard Beauchamp], Earl of Warwick
- [Thomas Beaufort], Chancellor of England
- [Henry Scrope, Lord Scrope of Masham], Treasurer of England
- [Hugh Burnell], Lord Burnell
- [John Prophet], Keeper of the Privy Seal
- John [Mitford], son of John Mitford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Endorsement dated 24 July, 11 Henry IV (1410).
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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/C9735650/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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