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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Giffard of Bures. Giffard John King and council. Giffard was amerced before...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/112/5591
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This record is about the John Giffard of Bures. Giffard John King and council. Giffard was amerced before... dating from [c. 1340-c. 1344] 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 8/112/5591
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1340-c. 1344]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Giffard of Bures.
- Name(s)
- Giffard, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Giffard was amerced before the justices of trailbaston in Essex in a sum beyond what is customary.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the tenor of the evidence be made to come into Chancery, and if the amercement be unreasonable then let it be changed.
- Places mentioned
- Bures, [Essex and Suffolk]
- Essex.
- People mentioned
- Justices of trailbaston in Essex.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- On the basis of the hand, this petition seems most likely to refer to trailbaston sessions not of the reign of Edward I but of Edward III, in the period c. 1340-c. 1344.
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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 3663
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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/C9150258/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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