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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Gilbert de Elesfield (Elsfield), son of Gilbert de Elesfield. de Elesfield (Elsfield)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/84/4158
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This record is about the Gilbert de Elesfield (Elsfield), son of Gilbert de Elesfield. de Elesfield (Elsfield)... dating from [c. 1345] 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 8/84/4158
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1345]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Gilbert de Elesfield (Elsfield), son of Gilbert de Elesfield.
- Name(s)
- de Elesfield (Elsfield), Gilbert
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Elesfield requests [remedy] as the manor of Easthampstead was granted to his father by the king in exchange for Blunsdon and Cricklade in Wiltshire which his father held until the manor was granted to the queen, and he was ousted by the escheator. His father has sued in several parliaments . . .
- Nature of endorsement
- He should come into Chancery and show his charter, and there when the inquisitions returned into Chancery on this matter have been viewed, and the king's sergeants and others have been called, let justice be done.
- Places mentioned
- Easthampstead, Berkshire
- Blunsdon, Wiltshire
- Cricklade, Wiltshire.
- People mentioned
- Gilbert de Elesfield, father of the petitioner
- [Philippa of Hainault], Queen of England
- William Trussel, then escheator.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition seems to date to c. 1345, as the response suggests that it postdates the inquisitions into the lands referred to in the petition, and they date to July 1344 (CIM 1307-49, no.1888).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the former reference of a related fragment, see SC 8/155/7702
For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/45/2216
For another petition by the petitioner's father on the same matter, see SC 8/1/35
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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 3020
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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 Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1888 (inquisition into the question of the tenements)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148700/
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