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Margaret Sarnesfeld (Sarnesfield), widow of Nicholas Sarnesfield Sarnesfeld (Sarnesfield)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/26/1259

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This record is about the Margaret Sarnesfeld (Sarnesfield), widow of Nicholas Sarnesfield Sarnesfeld (Sarnesfield)... dating from [1432] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/26/1259
Date
[1432]
Description
Petitioners
Margaret Sarnesfeld (Sarnesfield), widow of Nicholas Sarnesfield
Name(s)
Sarnesfeld (Sarnesfield), Margaret
Addressees
Commons in parliament
Nature of request
Sarnesfeld states that Richard II granted to her the manor and borough of Helston for her life, from which she was ousted by Tryake and Penpons, and also an annuity of £20. Henry V also granted her an annuity of £20 for her life, which Henry VI confirmed. Sarnesfeld wishing to live as well in her estate which she has in the manor and annuities, and the king considering these things, the king granted the manor and borough to her for her life upon the surrender of the letters patent of Richard II and Henry V. She requests that she might be restored to the manor and borough of Helston by virtue of her patent.
Nature of endorsement
It is agreed and ordained by the lords spiritual and temporal and the commons that Sarnesfeld should be restored to the manor and borough of Helston by virtue of the letters patent of the king made to her, and she should have and hold them for her life in accordance with her letters patent. Saving to Tryake and Penpons their corn growing on the land of the manor.
Places mentioned
Helston, [Cornwall]
People mentioned
Nicholas Sarnesfeld (Sarnesfield), husband of the petitioner
Robert Treage (Tryake)
Richard Penpons
Richard II, King of England
Henry V, King of England
Note
Dated by the heading in Rot. Parl. IV, p.388 which makes this a petition in the parliament held at Westminster on 12 May 10 Henry VI (1432).
Related material

For an earlier petition by the same petitioner on a related matter see SC 8/25/1243

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7631
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.396b (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061434/

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