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William Boynton. Boynton William King. [This petition is damaged and stained, and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/187/9343

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SC 8/187/9343
Date
[1425]
Description
Petitioners
William Boynton.
Name(s)
Boynton, William
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
[This petition is damaged and stained, and parts are now missing or illegible.]William Boynton requests the restoration of lands in Boynton, held in the time of Edward I by another William de Boynton and his wife Alice, of whom he is the heir following the death of his elder brother. These lands were seized into the hands of Henry IV after the death of their mother, who held them in dower, due to the forfeiture of their father, Henry, for his involvement in a rising at Berwick in July 1405.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Boynton, [East Riding of] Yorkshire
Gysburn (Guisborough), [North Riding of Yorkshire]
Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
People mentioned
Ingelram de Muncels
William de Boninton (Boynton)
Alice [de Muncels], daughter of Ingelram de Muncels
Henry FitzPeter
Edward I, King of England
Ingelram [de Boninton (Boynton)], son of William de Boninton (Boynton)
Walter [de Boninton (Boynton)], son of Ingelram de Boninton (Boynton)
Thomas [de Boninton (Boynton)], son of Walter de Boninton (Boynton)
Thomas [de Boninton (Boynton)], son of Thomas de Boninton (Boynton)
Henry [de Boninton (Boynton)], son of Thomas de Boninton (Boynton)
Thomas [de Boninton (Boynton)], son of Henry de Boninton (Boynton), brother of the petitioner
Henry IV, King of England
Thomas de Santon, former escheator of Yorkshire
Margaret [de Boynton], wife of Thomas de Boynton
Henry V, King of England.
Note
Commissions were issued in response to this and two other petitions on 11 June 1425. The petition is damaged, but a relatively full summary appears in the patent roll calendar.
Related material

For the chancery warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.1450 of C 81/684

For an associated petition from this petitioner see SC 8/187/9321

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. I, 1422-1429 , (Public Record Office, 1901), pp.301-2 (commissions responding to these three petitions)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295221/

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