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John de Basynges (Basing), knight. de Basynges (Basing) John King and council. John...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/32/1556

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Reference
SC 8/32/1556
Date
[c. 1379]
Description
Petitioners
John de Basynges (Basing), knight.
Name(s)
de Basynges (Basing), John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
John de Basynges, knight, states that King John granted to Ralph de Normanvill and his heirs the county of Rutland, to hold at farm of him and his heirs; and that he is the heir of Ralph de Normanvill. However, because of two successive minorities in the descent, the county was taken into the king's hand, and not sued out of it. He requests delivery of the county, to hold at farm according to the purport of the charter.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Rutland.
People mentioned
John, King of England
Ralph de Normanvill
Gerard [de Normanvill], son of Ralph de Normanvill
Thomas [de Normanvill], son and heir of Gerard de Normanvill
Margaret [Basynges (Basing)], daughter and heir of Thomas de Normanvill
William Basynges (Basing), husband of Margaret Basynges
Thomas [Basynges (Basing)], son and heir of Margaret Basynges.
Note
This petition is dated on the guard to? c. 1379, without further explanation: John de Baynges was Sheriff of Rutland between 5 November 1379 and 18 October 1380, and the modern endorsement to SC 8/94/4675 indicates that this is the dating reference.
Related material

A petition from the same petitioner on the same matter is SC 8/94/4675

A duplicate of this petition is SC 8/32/1555

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1215
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061752/

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