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Thomas Smyth (Smith) of Easingwold. Smyth (Smith) Thomas King. Thomas Smyth requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/185/9241
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This record is about the Thomas Smyth (Smith) of Easingwold. Smyth (Smith) Thomas King. Thomas Smyth requests... dating from [1411-1412] 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 8/185/9241
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1411-1412]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Smyth (Smith) of Easingwold.
- Name(s)
- Smyth (Smith), Thomas
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Thomas Smyth requests that the king cancel letters patent granted to Manfeld on 4 May 1411 appointing him to the office of forester of Galtres. Smyth states that he was appointed to the office after the death of Bettis, and held it peaceably until Manfeld purchased letters, claiming that the king had made an earlier grant to him on 13 November 1403 but the letters had since been lost. Smyth states that no such grant was ever made, and the claim was fraudulent.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Easingwold, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- Galtres Forest, [North Riding of] Yorkshire.
- People mentioned
- Richard Bettis
- John Manfeld (Manfield).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petitioner was appointed to the office on 20 October 1407 (CPR 1405-8, p.366), and, as stated in the petition, Manfeld's appointment was confirmed on 4 May 1411 (CPR 1408-13, p.285). As this date is referred to in the petition as 'last past', the document presumably dates to some point in the ensuing twelve months (1411-12). The date of 13 November appears as 14 November in the patent roll calendar.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. III, 1405-1408, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.366 (appointment of the petitioner as forester of Galtres)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. IV, 1408-1413, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.285 (letters to Manfeld mentioned in the petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295119/
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