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Richard Lescrop (le Scrope). Lescrop (le Scrope) Richard King and council. Richard...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/239/11913

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This record is about the Richard Lescrop (le Scrope). Lescrop (le Scrope) Richard King and council. Richard... dating from [1349] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/239/11913
Date
[1349]
Description
Petitioners
Richard Lescrop (le Scrope).
Name(s)
Lescrop (le Scrope), Richard
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Richard Lescrop states that he is brother and heir to William Lescrop, whose lands and tenements were seized into the King's hand after his death, and inquisitions were held to find out if he held anything of the King in chief. The third inquisition in Hertfordshire found that he did, but Richard claims that he held in demesne and not by knight service, and he has the charter of the King's father to prove it. He asks the King to order the Chancellor to inquire again, and that, depending on what is found there may be done unto him according to the common law and reason.
Places mentioned
Yorkshire
Rutland
Leicestershire
Hertfordshire
Middlesex.
People mentioned
William Lescrop (le Scrope), brother of Richard Lescrop (le Scrope)
[Edward II], King of England
Henry Lescrop (le Scrope), father of Richard Lescrop (le Scrope).
Note
Formerly enclosed with no.20722 of C 81/343, which is dated 16 October, 23 Edward III (1349).
Related material

For a related petition, see SC 8/246/12261

For a mandate to the Chancellor to examine this petition and the charter and inquisitions it mentions, and to do what is reasonable both for the King and the petitioner, see no.20722 of C 81/343

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335477/

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