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Margaret de Norhampton (Northampton), daughter of Henry de Norhampton. de Norhampton...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/15/731

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This record is about the Margaret de Norhampton (Northampton), daughter of Henry de Norhampton. de Norhampton... dating from [? 1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/15/731
Date
[? 1327]
Description
Petitioners
Margaret de Norhampton (Northampton), daughter of Henry de Norhampton.
Name(s)
de Norhampton (Northampton); de Norhampton, Margaret; Henry
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Norhampton shows that Bassingbourn, lately the sheriff of Northamptonshire came to the vill of Old and accused her of having received John de Lisle who was of the quarrel of the earl of Lancaster, and because of this took 50 of her sheep and retained them to his own use. She requests remedy.
Nature of endorsement
At the common law.
Places mentioned
Wolde (Old), [Northamptonshire].
People mentioned
Humphrey de Bassingburn (Bassingbourn), sheriff of Northamptonshire
John de Isle (Lisle)
Thomas [of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster.
Note
The petition is probably more-or-less contemporary with another petition concerning the exploits of Bassingbourn in Old. That petition dates to 1327 (SC 8/14/686).
Related material

For a related petition by John de Lisle see SC 8/14/686

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6204
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.392a (no.81) (full edition of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060872/

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