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Fragment from a year book : [manuscript]

Description
ff. 1-4v. [Year book]: Fragment of a year book containing assizes of novel disseisin, including the following names of speakers as they occur in the text: Gilbert de Toutheby (narrator by 1293, d. by 1328); Robert de Malberthorpe (narrator by 1299, judge from 1320, d. by 1332); William Herle (narrator by 1300, judge by 1320); Edmund de Passelewe (narrator by 1299, Baron of the Exchequer by 1323); Nicholas de Warrewik (narrator by 1287, d. by 1311); Geoffrey de Hertilpole (narrator by 1291, d. ca. 1324); Gilbert of Roubury (judge of the king's bench 1295-1316, judge of the common bench 1316-1321); "Scrop," either Henry (narrator by 1292, judge from 1308, d. 1336) or Geoffrey (serjeant in 1309, judge from 1323, d. 1340); John de Cantebrigge (serjeant from 1309, judge from 1329, d. before June 1335); John de Wescote (narrator by 1300, d. after 1316); Henry le Spigurnel (narrator by 1291, d. 1328); John de Ingham (serjeant in 1309, d. after 1325); John de Stonore (serjeant from 1311, judge from 1320, d. 1354); "Bradford," perhaps John de Bradenstoke (narrator by 1293); Walter de Friskeney (narrator by 1293; judge from 1323, probably d. by 1328); John de Haverington (narrator by 1292); "Cave"; Roger de Scoter (narrator by 1291, Baron of the Exchequer in 1310, d. by 1312); "Cressing[ham]"; William de Kellaw (narrator by 1286, known until 1292); William Howard (narrator in 1293-94, judge from 1297, d. ca. 1308); William de Bereford (narrator by 1285, judge from 1292, d. 1326); Adam de Kyngeshemede (narrator by 1276, known until 1312); Ralph de Stalinburgh (narrator by 1294, known until 1301); John of Mettingham (judge of the common bench 1290-1301). The following names of parties appear: Mestre Thomas; Roger vs. John; Robert le Orfevre and his wife Joan vs. William Dewere; William de Norton vs. William de Haston; Robert Turry and his wife Beatrice vs. John de Coverelle; Robert de Stureye vs. James, Alice de T. and her son Geoffrey; Henry vs. Robert and Richard; John de Thornton vs. Robert de Holoynd; Renald son of Renald vs. Renald son of John and William de N.; John Benk vs. A. de N.; John son of Giles de Brewes; Thomas Corbridge archbishop of York (1300-04) vs. Davy de Kauode.
Type
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Date
[between 1300 and 1325]
Call number
mssHM 15241
Provenance
Owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps; his n. 11002 in the lower margin of what is now f. 2. Acquired by the Huntington Library from Sotheby's, 24 June 1935, lot 250.
Restrictions
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions
163 x 227 mm
Associated people
Phillipps, Thomas, (1792-1872,)
Associated organizations
England.
Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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