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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Gyse. de Gyse John King and council. John de Gyse states that he was seised...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/16/787
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This record is about the John de Gyse. de Gyse John King and council. John de Gyse states that he was seised... dating from [c. 1327] 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 8/16/787
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Gyse.
- Name(s)
- de Gyse, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- John de Gyse states that he was seised of the manor of Pyrton, with its appurtenances, of the gift of Thomas de Greylee, and was seised for some time before he enfeoffed Thomas with it for term of his life, and that Thomas then gave it to Hugh le Despenser, the father, for term of his life. Thus it came into the king's hand after Hugh's death, and is still there. He requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- A search is to be instituted, without anything more.
- Places mentioned
- Pyrton, [Oxfordshire].
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Greylee
- Hugh le Despenser, the father.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This must date from fairly soon after the fall of the Despensers.
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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 3895
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.406a (no. 155) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060928/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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