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John Lescrop (Le Scrope), brother and heir of Henry, Lord Scrope of Masham. Lescrop...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/85/4235

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Reference
SC 8/85/4235
Date
[1425]
Description
Petitioners
John Lescrop (Le Scrope), brother and heir of Henry, Lord Scrope of Masham.
Name(s)
Lescrop (Le Scrope), John
Addressees
Commons of parliament.
Nature of request
John Lescrop, brother and heir of Henry, Lord Scrope of Masham, states that Henry V granted him all the lordships, lands, tenements and other possessions which were entailed, forfeited by his brother Henry, provided that he could prove that he had right of inheritance before the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Duke of Exeter, the Bishop of Durham, and William Kynwolmerssh, Treasurer of England: but that he could not do this, because of the Duke's illness and William Kynwolmerssh's death. He has since sued on this matter, and inquisitions have been taken, but nevertheless he has not been able to have delivery of his inheritance. He asks the commons to ask the King and lords to ordain by authority of the present parliament that he might be able to have delivery, without any further process, of all the lordships, lands, tenements and other possessions which are found by these inquisitions to be entailed to him, and for which he can show sufficient evidence, either in the present parliament or in Chancery.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] Let it be delivered to the lords.[On dorse] The answer appears on the roll.
People mentioned
Henry [Lescrop (Le Scrope)], Lord Scrope of Masham
Henry [V], King of England
[Henry Chichele], Archbishop of Canterbury
[Thomas Beaufort], Duke of Exeter
[Thomas Langley], Bishop of Durham
William Kynwolmerssh, Treasurer of England.
Note
This petition is enrolled on the roll of the parliament of 1425 (Rot. Parl. vol. IV p.287a-288a).
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/122/6093

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5304
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. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.287a-288a (transcription of petition on parliament roll with response: text unmodified)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148777/

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