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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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Executors of the testament of Godfrey Giffard, late Bishop of Wyrcestre [Worcester]....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/114/5663
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This record is about the Executors of the testament of Godfrey Giffard, late Bishop of Wyrcestre [Worcester].... dating from [1305] 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 8/114/5663
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Executors of the testament of Godfrey Giffard, late Bishop of Wyrcestre [Worcester].
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The executors make requests concerning the debts of the late bishop and request that various acquittances and tallies be accepted in the Exchequer, that they be allowed to pay the remainder of the debts owed by them in instalments, and that the distraints made on them by reason of these debts cease, as they are unable to fulfil the will of Giffard.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram consilio rege.2) Coram rege.3) Let a writ be directed to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that ... they do all that can be done in this case.
- Places mentioned
- Forest of Feckenham, [Worcestershire].
- People mentioned
- Godfrey Giffard, Bishop of Wyrcestre [Worcester]
- [Eleanor of Castile], Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Firmly datable to 1305 on the basis of CPR 1301-7, p. 343.
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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 3803
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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 I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.343 (pardon to petitioners)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150336/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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