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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Margaret Godefeld, widow of Robert de Godfeld Godefeld Margaret King and council...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/49/2423
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This record is about the Margaret Godefeld, widow of Robert de Godfeld Godefeld Margaret King and council... dating from [1325] 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 8/49/2423
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Margaret Godefeld, widow of Robert de Godfeld
- Name(s)
- Godefeld, Margaret
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Godefeld requests justices of oyer and terminer be assigned, as armed men came to their house and feloniously killed her husband . . ., and because of the maintenance in the county. She further requests that her attaint that has been delayed 7 years or more be continued.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because it is attested before the council that the contents in the petition are notorious and horrible, Eyncourt, Friskeneye and Malberthorp and two of them be assigned to inquire, and concerning the felony, hear and determine it according to the law.Concerning the attaint she should sue in Chancery to have it changed.
- Places mentioned
- Stixwould, [Lincolnshire]
- People mentioned
- Robert de Godfeld, husband of the petitioner
- John de Tynton (Toynton)
- Margaret [Tynton], wife of John de Tynton
- Walter de Friskeneye (Friskney)
- Robert Malberthorp (Mablethorpe)
- Thomas de Wyliby (Willoughby)
- Peter de Scremby
- John de la Gutere
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1325 as the commission of oyer and terminer was issued to the justices on 10 July 1325 (CPR 1324-27, p.224).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/49/2422
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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 3912
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062636/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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