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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Geoffrey de Cave, clerk. de Cave Geoffrey King and council. clerk Geoffrey de Cave,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/99/4924
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This record is about the Geoffrey de Cave, clerk. de Cave Geoffrey King and council. clerk Geoffrey de Cave,... dating from [? 1335] 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 8/99/4924
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Geoffrey de Cave, clerk.
- Name(s)
- de Cave, Geoffrey
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- Geoffrey de Cave, clerk, states that he was presented to the prebend of South Cave in York Minster by the King's grandfather, because of a vacancy in the archdiocese of York, and that he sued for that prebend, to maintain the King's right, until judgment was brought, again in the time of Edward I, but that, through bad counsel, the present King sent a writ to the justices of the Bench last Trinity term to cease execution of that judgment - to the great harm of the estate of the crown and of York Minster. He requests a writ to the justices to proceed with the execution.
- Nature of endorsement
- As the King has ordered a writ to cease execution, he is not advised by the council to repeal this.
- Places mentioned
- South Cave, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- York.
- People mentioned
- Edward [I], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '? 1335' without explanation. This date seems entirely compatible with the hand.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.49 of PRO 31/7/104
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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 1636
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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/C9149491/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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