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Margaret de Sandford, widow of Robert de Sandford. de Sandford Margaret Council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/335/15845

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Reference
SC 8/335/15845
Date
[1400-1405]
Description
Petitioners
Margaret de Sandford, widow of Robert de Sandford.
Name(s)
de Sandford, Margaret
Addressees
Council.
Nature of request
Margaret, widow of Robert de Sandford, who has been seised of certain lands in Sandford and Ormside since her husband's death 1½ years ago, requests remedy against William Sandford who entered her lands in Sandford with force and arms and ousted her. She complained to the earl of Northumberland as keeper of the march who ordered the sheriff of Westmorland not to allow such entries, but nevertheless William de Sandford, with others named, arrayed for war, entered the same lands and drove away her tenants' livestock. She asks that writs be directed to Sandford and the others to come before the council to answer in this matter.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Askham, [Westmorland]
Sandford, Westmorland
Ormside, Westmorland
Helton Dale, [Westmorland]
Ambleside, [Westmorland]
Crosby Garrett, [Westmorland]
Shap, [Westmorland].
People mentioned
Robert de Sandford
William de Sandford of Askham
[Henry Percy], earl of Northumberland, keeper of the march
sheriff of Westmorland
Thomas Johanson (Johnson) of Askham
John Thomson of Helton Dale
Thomas del Hall of Ambleside
Thomas de Saubby of Crosby Garrett
John Jakson (Jackson), walker
Robert Colyn
Thomas de Hayton
Thomas Smyth (Smith) of Shap
William Crewe
William Coke (Cook) of Shap.
Note
Since the petitioner's husband was still active at the end of 1398 (CPR 1396-9, p. 507), the petition dates to between 1400 and 1405, when Percy's estates were confiscated.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.507 (commission to Robert Sandford)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736229/

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