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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Giford (Gifford), son of John Gifford. Giford (Gifford) John King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/112/5588
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This record is about the John Giford (Gifford), son of John Gifford. Giford (Gifford) John King and council.... dating from [c. 1325-c. 1375] 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 8/112/5588
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1325-c. 1375]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Giford (Gifford), son of John Gifford.
- Name(s)
- Giford (Gifford), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Giford requests remedy so that he is not delayed by process regarding the manor and advowson of Sacombe.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because the common law is inadequate in this case, he should sue in the next parliament that remedy be done by statute as is done in a plea of debt.
- Places mentioned
- John Walkfare, knight
- Euphemia [Walkefare], wife of John Walkefare
- Edmund de Pakenham.
- People mentioned
- Savecampe (Sacombe), [Hertfordshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is of uncertain date and is assigned here, on the basis of the hand, to some time in the second or third quarters of the fourteenth century.
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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 3626
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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/C9150255/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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