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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard Godefray (Godfrey), son of Ralph Godfrey of North Kilworth. Godefray (Godfrey)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/173/8608
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This record is about the Richard Godefray (Godfrey), son of Ralph Godfrey of North Kilworth. Godefray (Godfrey)... dating from [1322] 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 8/173/8608
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Godefray (Godfrey), son of Ralph Godfrey of North Kilworth.
- Name(s)
- Godefray (Godfrey), Richard
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Godefray requests remedy as his father purchased a messuage and land in North Kilworth to him and his wife and his heirs and subsequently Aubray let them to the petitioner but they have been taken into the king's hand because the petitioner's younger brother was with the earl of Lancaster, and it was supposed that the lands were his.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- North Kilworth, Leicestershire.
- People mentioned
- Ralph Godefray (Godfrey), father of the petitioner
- Aubray [Godefray (Godfrey)], wife of Richard Godfrey
- Thomas [Godefray (Godfrey)], younger brother of the petitioner
- [Thomas of Lancaster], earl of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1322 as the lands restored to the petitioner on 22 September 1322 (CCR 1318-23, pp.597-8).
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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 Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), pp.597-8 (order to restore the lands to the petitioner)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.500 (inquisition into lands, including the petitioner's, in North and South Kilworth)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294474/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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