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John Godsalm. Godsalm John Godsalm requests remedy as his land was seized for a debt...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/50/2474

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Reference
SC 8/50/2474
Date
[1290]
Description
Petitioners
John Godsalm.
Name(s)
Godsalm, John
Nature of request
Godsalm requests remedy as his land was seized for a debt that he owed to Hagim by writ of the king according to the usage of Jewry. Hagim leased it to Audley who in turn leased it to Laurence Brock by whom it descended to Hugh de Brock who now holds it. More than the debt has been received from the land.
Nature of endorsement
Before the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews.In Chancery.He should explain whether he had his land as of fee or as of gage.
Places mentioned
Berkhamsted, [Hertfordshire].
People mentioned
Hagim son of Master Moses the Jew
James de Audelee (Audley)
Laurence de Brock
Hugh de Brock.
Note
The petition seems to date to the parliament held in Michaelmas 1290 from a Latin summary printed in the roll for that parliament. However although the summary seems to be that of this petition the response is not the same (Rot. Parl. Vol. I, p. 46 and 47a (no.21)).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3573
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. II, 1281-1292, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.246 (Godsalm nominated as the attorney for Hugh del Brock)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.47a (no.21) (Latin summary of petition with a different response)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 02, appendix, no. 22 (full edition and summary)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062688/

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