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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Giffard, prebendary of Warthill; Robert de Valoignes, prebendary of Grindale....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/12/576
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This record is about the John Giffard, prebendary of Warthill; Robert de Valoignes, prebendary of Grindale.... dating from [1334] 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 8/12/576
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Giffard, prebendary of Warthill; Robert de Valoignes, prebendary of Grindale.
- Name(s)
- Giffard; de Valoignes, John; Robert
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- prebendary of Warthill; prebendary of Grindale
- Nature of request
- The petitioners show that they and their predecessors as prebendaries have held the church of Axminster from time out of memory, as they have shown before the justices of the common bench. However the abbot of Newenham has maliciously brought a writ of quare impedit claiming that the church is vacant. The justices ordered the bishop of Exeter to enquire into the matter, and he found that he could not find if the church was vacant, but that the petitioners had received the fruits as rectors since 26 June 1322. The justices have stayed proceedings and wish the bishop of Exeter to enquire of the matter again despite the petitioners having produced ample evidence of their rights. The petitioners request that the king order the record and process to be found in Chancery, and that they have a writ to the justices that they are not to order the bishop to enquire again of the matter for the damage that it would do.
- Nature of endorsement
- William de Herle is ordered that he cause the tenor of the certification to be brought before the council of which the petition makes mention.
- Places mentioned
- Warthill, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- Grindale, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Axminster, [Devon].
- People mentioned
- Abbot of Newenham
- [John Grandisson],bishop of Exeter.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Although dated to 1335 by the heading in Rot. Parl., vol II, p.90, noting these to be petitions in parliament for 9 Edward III, it is more likely that this petition dates to 1334 as the petition was answered with an inspeximus on the 1 January 1335 (CPR 1334-8, pp.58-9).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Formerly attached to a certificate of the valuation of Stillington prebend, York, no. 82 in SC 1/42
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 8988
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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)
- French
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), pp.58-9,155-6 (inspeximus of the record and process as requested in the petition)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.94a-b (no.20) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060714/
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