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Margaret Gyffard (Giffard), widow of John Gyffard Gyffard (Giffard) Margaret King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/159/7907
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This record is about the Margaret Gyffard (Giffard), widow of John Gyffard Gyffard (Giffard) Margaret King... dating from [1327] 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 8/159/7907
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Margaret Gyffard (Giffard), widow of John Gyffard
- Name(s)
- Gyffard (Giffard), Margaret
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Margaret [Giffard], widow of John Gyffard [Giffard] of Brimpsfield, requests remedy in her attempt to recover the manor of Syde, forfeited from her son, Sir John Giffard, and given by King Edward II to Hugh Despenser the elder and are now in the king's hand by Despenser's forfeiture; the muniments proving her claim were taken from her family as a result of the forfeiture.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be shown in Chancery if the manor of Syde was forfeited to the king for this reason, and of other matters; and if so, let certain persons be assigned in the Chancery to inquire of the matter and to return their inquisition into the Chancery, and justice will be done.
- Places mentioned
- Syde, Gloucestershire
- Brimpsfield, [Gloucestershire].
- People mentioned
- John Gyffard (Giffard) the elder
- John Gyffard (Giffard) the younger
- Hugh Despenser, [earl of Winchester]
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.266-7 (summary of petition)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum Anglie Hactenus Inediti, Ed. H.G. Richardson and G.O. Sayles, (Camden Society, 3rd Series, vol. LI, 1935), pp.154-5 (full edition of original petition, with English summary on abstract of parliament roll of 1327)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.433b-434a (no.43) (English summary from BL Harley Mss)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210099/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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