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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de la Hok Hok John King and council John de la Hok states that John Giffard...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/52/2582
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This record is about the John de la Hok Hok John King and council John de la Hok states that John Giffard... dating from [c. 1338] 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 8/52/2582
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1338]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de la Hok
- Name(s)
- Hok, John
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- John de la Hok states that John Giffard of Bremmesfeld and Margaret his wife purchased, for themselves and their heirs, a carucate of land with appurtenances in Orcheston, which Margaret gave him, after her husband's death, to hold for him and his heirs. But now the king has granted the reversion of that land after Margaret's death, with other lands and tenements, to Ralph de Wilynton, on the assumption that Margaret was a tenant for life only. He asks the king and council to have regard for his estate and to ordain a remedy for him.
- Nature of endorsement
- No wrong has yet been done to him; and in the case of wrong being done to him, he is to take action for himself at common law.
- Places mentioned
- Bremmesfeld (Brimpsfield), [Gloucestershire]
- Orcheston, Wiltshire
- People mentioned
- John Giffard of Bremmesfeld (Brimpsfield)
- Margaret [Giffard], wife of John Giffard
- Ralph de Wilynton
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1334-8 pp.560-561 is dated at Westminster, 19 December 1337. The petition must date from shortly after this gift.
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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 3952
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), pp.560-561 (grant of reversion of Orcheston to Ralph de Wilynton)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062797/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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