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Richard le Scrope. Scrope Richard King. Sccrope requests delivery of his inheritance,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/246/12261

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SC 8/246/12261
Date
[1349]
Description
Petitioners
Richard le Scrope.
Name(s)
Scrope, Richard
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Sccrope requests delivery of his inheritance, except the lands assigned to his brother's widow in dower, though he has not sued his proof of age, and he requests that the king ratify the quitclaim by that widow of her claims in her dower in the manor of East Bolton, excepting one rent.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Bayford, [Hertfordshire]
Ainderby, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
East Bolton, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
William le Scrope, brother of the petitioner
Isabella of France, Queen of England
Philippa of Hainault, Queen of England
[Humphrey de Bohun], earl of Nothampton
Thomas de Swynynghthwait, parson of the church of Fyngal
William de Symynghthwayt, parson of the church of Ainderby
Thomas de Fencotes (Fencote)
John de Gonwardeby (Gonerby)
Cecilly [le Scrope], widow of William le Scrope.
Note
The petition dates to 1349 as the privy seal warrant with which it was formerly enclosed dates to 13 March 1349 [23 Edw. III] (C 81/336/20053).
Related material

For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 20053 in C 81/336

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. IX, 1349-1354, (Public Record Office, 1906), p.106 (order for the delivery of the manor of East Bolton to the petitioner)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439867/

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