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Stephen le Scrope of Masham (Lord Scrope of Masham), knight. Scrope; Lord Scrope...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/222/11065

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This record is about the Stephen le Scrope of Masham (Lord Scrope of Masham), knight. Scrope; Lord Scrope... dating from [1398-1399] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/222/11065
Date
[1398-1399]
Description
Petitioners
Stephen le Scrope of Masham (Lord Scrope of Masham), knight.
Name(s)
Scrope; Lord Scrope of Masham, Stephen
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Stephen le Scrope requests that he retain possession of the manor of Faxfleet, 10 marks of rent in North Dalton and a £20 annuity from Hull, granted originally to his grandfather Geoffrey by Edward III to replace an earlier grant of 200 marks. This is being claimed by Michael de la Pole following the reversal of the earlier sentence of forfeiture against his father, the Earl of Suffolk.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Masham, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
Faxfleet, [East Riding of] Yorkshire
North Dalton, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Edward III, King of England
Geoffrey le Scrope, grandfather of the petitioner
Henry [le Scrope, Lord Scrope of Masham], father of the petitioner
Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk
Michael de la Pole, son of Michael de la Pole
Tideman Lymbergh.
Note
From the context, the petition clearly dates to some point between the reversal of the forfeiture of the Earl of Suffolk at the Shrewsbury session of the 1397-8 parliament (January 1398) and the deposition of Richard II.
Related material

For a later petition from this petitioner relating to this grant see SC 8/121/6039

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.359 (reversal of the forfeiture of Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334625/

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