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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Peyto, knight, sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire. Peyto William...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/341/16074
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This record is about the William Peyto, knight, sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire. Peyto William... dating from [1428-1437] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/341/16074
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1428-1437]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Peyto, knight, sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
- Name(s)
- Peyto, William
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire
- Nature of request
- [This petition is fragmentary] To the king our sovereign lord . . . meekly [beseeches] William Peyto, knight, Sheriff of the counties of Warwick and Leicester . . . in which office he and all others who have been sheriffs . . . clearly in lease (en lesse or en losse) £70 . . . because various . . . by many noble progenitors, as for other . . . will not attain to the old (yolde) valuation . . . in this case that it please . . . time and that other . . . to the said . . . supplicant . . .
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Warwickshire
- Leicestershire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- William Peyto was Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire between Michaelmas 1428 and February 1430, and between November 1436 and November 1437. The petition must date from one of these periods of office.
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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/C9736555/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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