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Roger de Bavent, kinsman and one of the heirs of John Giffard of Brimpsfield. de...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/157/7806

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This record is about the Roger de Bavent, kinsman and one of the heirs of John Giffard of Brimpsfield. de... dating from [c. 1322] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/157/7806
Date
[c. 1322]
Description
Petitioners
Roger de Bavent, kinsman and one of the heirs of John Giffard of Brimpsfield.
Name(s)
de Bavent, Roger
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Bavent requests execution of judgment concerning the inheritance of Giffard as Bavent and the other heirs have sued by petition for the inheritance, and Anneyse, widow of John Mautravers has not come despite distraint.
Nature of endorsement
He should come before the justices where the plea is pending and have an averment against the sheriff that he should answer for the great issues as is ordained by statute.
Places mentioned
Brimpsfield, [Gloucestershire]
Westminster.
People mentioned
John Giffard of Brimpsfield
Richard Dansy
Katherine [de Bokeland], widow of Ralph de Bokeland
Margaret [de Denton], widow of Thomas de Denton
John Maudtravers (Mautravers)
Anneyse [Maudtravers (Mautravers)], widow of John Mautravers
Geoffrey le Scrope, justice.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1322 as the petition seems to result from Giffard's involvement in the revolt of Thomas of Lancaster.
Related material

For a related document SC 8/165/8232

For another petition concerning Bavent SC 8/13/630

For another petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/6/300

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209998/

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