Catalogue description Petitioners: Sibyl de Felton, abbess of Barking; convent of Barking. Name(s): de...

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Details of SC 8/335/15842
Reference: SC 8/335/15842
Description:
Petitioners: Sibyl de Felton, abbess of Barking; convent of Barking.
Name(s): de Felton, Sibyl
Addressees: King.
Occupation: abbess of Barking
Nature of request: Sibyl, abbess of Barking, and her convent request that the chancellor cause a serjeant at arms to arrest Sapy and cause him to come before the King to answer various charges so that they may have remedy. Sapy made one of their villeins a free man against their will and entered Essex with a false testimonial letter sealed by the good people of Boston and Benington and stayed in Essex for a long time under these false pretences.
Nature of endorsement: [None].
Places mentioned: Barking, [Essex]; Blackmore, [Essex]; Boston, [Lincolnshire]; Benington, [Lincolnshire]; Essex.
People mentioned: William Sapy, clerk; John Hooke (Hook) of Blackmore, villein.
Note: The petition dates to 1393-1419 when Sibyl de Felton was abbess of Barking.
Date: [1393-1419]
Related material:

For a related petition see SC 8/274/13700

For a related petition see SC 8/166/8272

For a related petition see SC 8/160/7957
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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