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Roger Whalley of Padstow, servant to Richard Naufan, knight. Whalley Roger King....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/345/E1335

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SC 8/345/E1335
Date
[1497]
Description
Petitioners
Roger Whalley of Padstow, servant to Richard Naufan, knight.
Name(s)
Whalley, Roger
Addressees
King.
Occupation
servant to Richard Naufan, knight
Nature of request
Whalley complains of Tresynny who was a great captain of the king's late great rebel and traitor 'the Smyth' for the true [...] and mind that the petitioner bore to the king of late on trust on the landing of Perkin Warbeck, riotously with certain servants of Lord Ludlow, the rebels assaulted the petitioner when he returned from church, and entered his house and carried away his money and goods, they subsequently going to the landing of Warbeck and accompanying him, for which Tresynny forfeited. The petitioner requests for his service with the king in his victorious fields and journeys that he be granted the lands of Tresynny that do not amount to more than 6 marks.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Padstow, [Cornwall]
Beryens (St Buryan), [Cornwall]
Blackheath, [Kent].
People mentioned
Richard Naufan, knight
John Tresynny of Padstow
Perkin Warbek (Warbeck)
[Michael Joseph], 'the Smith'.
Note
The petition is dated to 1497 as the references in the petition to Perkin Warbeck and to the battle of Blackheath reveal that it is part of the aftermath of Warbeck's attempt to oust Henry VII in that year which culminated in the battle of Blackheath of 17 June 1497 (CPR 1494-1509, p. 115). The petition itself seems to refer to events surrounding the risings in Cornwall in May/June and September/October 1497, Warbeck joining the Cornish rebels in September of that year, and it is possible that the petition actually refers to events between the two risings. For a discussion of the events and of this petition, see Arthurson, I., The Perkin Warbeck Conspiracy 1491-1499, (), chs. 12-15, pp. 162-201, esp. p. 168.
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 VII, vol. II, 1494-1509, (Public Record Office, 1916), p.115 (commission to examine the late insurrections in various counties including Cornwall, and to punish or pardon the deliquents)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736756/

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