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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Ralph Sefoulg. Sefoulg Ralph King and council. The petitioner states that Thomas...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/142/7072
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This record is about the Ralph Sefoulg. Sefoulg Ralph King and council. The petitioner states that Thomas... dating from [? c.1290-c. 1304] 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 8/142/7072
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c.1290-c. 1304]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Ralph Sefoulg.
- Name(s)
- Sefoulg, Ralph
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner states that Thomas Bardolf gave him £10 and other benefits to be taken from the issues of Runcton in Norfolk, in exchange for his going to Gascony or anywhere else that Thomas might wish to send him, except for the Holy Land, and that after Thomas' death, the King gave the manor to Earl Warenne in allowance for a debt, to hold until the majority of John Bardolf, Thomas' son and heir, and granted Ralph his letters patent to receive the £10 and other benefits from the manor. He asks that the Earl might have an allowance for this.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to go to Chancery and show his letters of pardon, and he is to have the things contained in the petition from the date of the same letters. And an allowance is to be made to the Earl.
- Places mentioned
- Runcton, Norfolk
- Gascony, [France]
- Holy Land.
- People mentioned
- Thomas Bardolf
- Earl Warenne
- John Bardolf, son and heir of Thomas Bardolf.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- No date given. However, the reference to the Earl Warenne suggests the petition dates to the reign of Edward I, and most probably to the 1290s or early 1300s. The petitioner is being given £10, and an annual gift of robes and 'seles', which might be saddles, salt or even shoes.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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/C9209251/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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