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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Giffard, knight. Giffard William King and council. The petitioner seeks the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/48/2390
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This record is about the William Giffard, knight. Giffard William King and council. The petitioner seeks the... dating from [c. 1332] 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 8/48/2390
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1332]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Giffard, knight.
- Name(s)
- Giffard, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks the return of the manor of Haseley in Oxfordshire, which he cannot accomplish through the law of the land without an appeal to parliament. Thomas [Brotherton] granted the manor to the petitioner for the term of his life for his service, and he continued in seisin for more than four years. The same Thomas then passed the manor into the king's hands, who granted the manor to William Bohun and the heirs of his body, thus ousting the petitioner from his freehold.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is judged through the petition that the manor is in other hands than those of the king. Apply to the common law.
- Places mentioned
- Hasle (Haseley), [Oxfordshire]
- Oxonford (Oxford), [Oxfordshire].
- People mentioned
- Thomas [Brotherton], Earl Marshal, son of the king of England
- William Bohun.
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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 3630
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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. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.333 (grant of the manor to William Bohun, referred to in the petition)
- Proceedings against the Crown (1216-1377), Ludwik Ehrlich, (, 1921), pp.249-50 (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062602/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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