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John Swift, Abbot of Newsham. Swift John King. Abbot of Newsham The abbot requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/189/9412

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Reference
SC 8/189/9412
Date
[1478-1497]
Description
Petitioners
John Swift, Abbot of Newsham.
Name(s)
Swift, John
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Abbot of Newsham
Nature of request
The abbot requests assistance in receiving justice for an attack against canons of his house by people led by the Ayscough brothers.
Nature of endorsement
Before the king in chancery at the octave of the Purification next.
Places mentioned
Newsham Abbey, Lincolnshire
Habrough, [Lincolnshire]
Lincoln, [Lincolnshire]
People mentioned
John Cosyn
John Ayscogh, esquire
Richard Hartyll, canon of Newsham
John Wolchwet
Robert Chaterys
William Sandall
John Derham
Edward Ayscough, brother of John Ayscough.
Note
Dated by the abbacy of John Swift. However, the attacker is probably the John Ayscough who died in 1491.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295290/

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