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Reynold (Reginald) Legh of Derbyshire, esquire. Legh Reynold (Reginald) Prince. Legh...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/344/E1291
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This record is about the Reynold (Reginald) Legh of Derbyshire, esquire. Legh Reynold (Reginald) Prince. Legh... dating from [1471-1483] 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 8/344/E1291
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1471-1483]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Reynold (Reginald) Legh of Derbyshire, esquire.
- Name(s)
- Legh, Reynold (Reginald)
- Addressees
- Prince.
- Nature of request
- Legh shows that he was peacefully seised of certain lands and tenements in Derbyshire and Cheshire until recently when Robert his brother with 30 or so evilly disposed men with force and arms on 21 December last riotously entered his lands and tenements in Cheshire and wrongfully disseised him of them, and carried away various goods and chattels of the tenants there. Legh tried to have delivery of the goods and chattels as the course of the common law required, but his brother by might and power retained them, and would not suffer them to be delivered to the undoing of Legh. Legh requests the prince's grace and letters of the privy seal directed to Robert Legh requiring him to appear before the prince and the lords of his council at a certain day to answer the premises and to abide such directions as shall be given.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Derbyshire
- Cheshire.
- People mentioned
- [Edward Plantagenet], prince [of Wales]
- Robert Legh, brother of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1471-1483 on the basis that a cover note preceding this file of petitions indicates that the petitions SC 8/344/E1262-E1316B mostly date to the period 1481-1483, and nearly all appear to belong to the period 1471-1483, this latter date being the dates that Edward Plantagenet, Edward IV's eldest son, held the principality of Wales and the county of Chester. Throughout this file, the latter date range has been adopted where no evidence survives to indicate more specific dates.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- English
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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/C9736711/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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