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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert Gayton. Gayton Robert King and council. Robert Gayton, replying to a bill...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/85/4219
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This record is about the Robert Gayton. Gayton Robert King and council. Robert Gayton, replying to a bill... dating from [c. 1461] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/85/4219
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1461]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Gayton.
- Name(s)
- Gayton, Robert
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Robert Gayton, replying to a bill of complaint brought against him by William Sprot, states that he purchased certain lands and tenements in Lincolshire, and that, when Margaret Askew from whom he purchased them died, one Thomas Benet, claiming to be her next of kin laid claim to them, and through the maintenance of Gilbert Haltofte, Baron of the Exchequer, managed to obtain some of these lands from him. He also took the crop of William Sprot, farmer on that land, by means of a replevin: and the petitioner states that he is not guilty of this. He asks that Thomas Benet might be summoned before the King, to produce his evidence for his claim, and if it is found to be insufficient, that he and William Sprot might be restored to the lands and goods that they have lost.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Pledges that he will prosecute: Reginald Gayton of London, gentleman; Henry Holte of London, grocer.[On dorse, none]
- Places mentioned
- Spalding, Lincolnshire
- Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire
- Gosberton, Lincolnshire
- Stamford, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- William Sprot, farmer
- Margaret Askew
- Thomas Benet
- Gilbert Haltofte, Baron of the Exchequer
- Master Markham
- Richard Waterton, Sheriff of Lincolnshire
- Lord of Norwich
- Ralph [Cromwell], Lord Cromwell
- William Willoughby, knight
- John Foscu
- Henry [VI], King of England
- Reginald Gayton of London, gentleman
- Henry Holte of London, grocer.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 3861
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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)
- French
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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/C9148761/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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