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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Margerie Lescrope (Scrope), widow of Stephen le Scrope, lord Scrope of Masham. Lescrope...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/232/11555
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This record is about the Margerie Lescrope (Scrope), widow of Stephen le Scrope, lord Scrope of Masham. Lescrope... dating from [1416] 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 8/232/11555
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1416]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Margerie Lescrope (Scrope), widow of Stephen le Scrope, lord Scrope of Masham.
- Name(s)
- Lescrope (Scrope), Margerie
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Lescrope requests remedy as her son granted her the manor of Nayland with appurtenances in Essex and Suffolk, with other lands in Stoke, Horkesley and Colchester for her life, and she, by a fine, leased it back to him for 40 years, the term determining on his death. Now the manor and land are in the king's hand by the forfeiture and execution of her son, though he only had a life interest in the manor and land.
- Places mentioned
- Nayland, Suffolk
- Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk
- Horkesley, Essex
- Colchester, Essex.
- People mentioned
- Stephen Lescrope (Scrope), lord Scrope of Masham, late husband of the petitioner
- Henry Lescrope (Scrope), lord of Masham, knight, late son of the petitioner.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Files 548.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335114/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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