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Nicholas Saxton. Saxton Nicholas Commons. [Largely illegible.]Petition relating to...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/112/5569

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Reference
SC 8/112/5569
Date
[c. 1420]
Description
Petitioners
Nicholas Saxton.
Name(s)
Saxton, Nicholas
Addressees
Commons.
Nature of request
[Largely illegible.]Petition relating to a dispute between Richard Fairfax and Isabel (Sibyl) Saxton over their inheritances in various Yorkshire manors.
Nature of endorsement
[Illegible.]
Places mentioned
Scawton, [North Riding of] Yorkshire
Acaster Malbis, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
Copmanthorpe, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
Picardy, [France]
Calais, [France]
Wales.
People mentioned
Richard Fairfax
Isabel [Saxton], wife of Nicholas Saxton
Richard Malbysse (Malbis)
John [Beaufort], Earl of Somerset.
Note
Datable from recoverable internal references to dates in the regnal years 7 and 8 [Henry V], and to CPR 1416-22, p.295 & p.324.
Related material

For transcript, see p.148 of PRO 31/7/155

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3548
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen V, vol. II, 1416-1422, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.295 (seizure of these lands into the king's hands until the outcome of the case) & p.324 (commission of inquiry into the ownership of these lands)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150236/

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