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Adam de Wodeford (Woodford). de Wodeford (Woodford) Adam King and council. Adam de...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/18/866
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This record is about the Adam de Wodeford (Woodford). de Wodeford (Woodford) Adam King and council. Adam de... dating from [? 1335] 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 8/18/866
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Adam de Wodeford (Woodford).
- Name(s)
- de Wodeford (Woodford), Adam
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Adam de Wodeford states that the lands of his father, Roger de Wodeford, are in the hands of the king, because he was in the company of the Verduns in Ireland when they rose against the king's father, although he was not indicted, and had a charter of pardon for this trespass. He requests restitution of his lands, as he has acted well and loyally towards the king, and the lands are in the king's hand for no good reason.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Justiciar of Ireland, or his lieutenant, is to be ordered to certify the reason why the lands have been seized into the king's hand, and what lands, and when, and how long they have remained in the king's hand.
- Places mentioned
- Ireland.
- People mentioned
- Roger de Wodeford (Woodford), father of the petitioner
- the Verduns (les Verdoners)
- Edward [II], King of England
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an earlier petition from Roger de Wodeford relating to the same matter, see SC 8/147/7321
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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 8592
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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. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), pp.531-2 (pardon to a number of people involved in the rebellion in Ireland, including Adam Wodeford and Roger Wodeford)
- Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.9 (brief calendar)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.419b, no.236 (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061009/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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