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Thomas de Swynebourne (Swinburn); Richard de Blenkanshope (Blenkinsopp); Isabel de...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/157/7825

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Reference
SC 8/157/7825
Date
[1327]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de Swynebourne (Swinburn); Richard de Blenkanshope (Blenkinsopp); Isabel de Blenkanshope (Blenkinsopp), wife of Richard de Blenkinsopp).
Name(s)
de Swynebourne (Swinburn); de Blenkanshope (Blenkinsopp); de Blenkanshope (Blenkinsopp), Thomas; Richard; Isabel
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The petitioners request grace and remedy as Harcla disseised Helbek of the manor of Exelby and a moiety of the manor of Holme which have come into the king's hand by Harcla's forfeiture.
Nature of endorsement
Let certain people be assigned to enquire of this matter, and when the inquisition has been returned let the king be shown; and let the remembrances of Harcla be searched to see if anything can be found to bar the petitioners.
Places mentioned
Exelby, [North Riding of] Yorkshire]
Holme, [North Riding of] Yorkshire.
People mentioned
Thomas de Helbek, grandfather of Thomas de Swinburn, and father of Isabel de Blenkinsopp
Andrew de Harkela (Harcla, Hartley).
Note
The petition dates to 1327 as a Latin summary of the petition was enrolled on the parliament roll of the Epiphany-Candlemas parliament of that year (Rot. Parl. Hac. Ined., pp.165-6).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum Anglie Hactenus Inediti, Ed. H.G. Richardson and G.O. Sayles, (Camden Society, 3rd Series, vol. LI, 1935), p.166 (Latin summary and full edition of petition)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.437b (no.68) (English summary possibly of this petition taken from BL Harley Manuscript)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210017/

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